Viscount Ullswater
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Viscount Ullswater, of Campsea Ashe in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1921 for James Lowther upon his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons. He was the son of Hon. William Lowther, grandson of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale and younger brother of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale. The first Viscount lived to the age of 93, and was pre-deceased by both his eldest son Hon. Christopher William Lowther (1887-1935) and his eldest son's eldest son John Arthur Lowther (1910-1942) (who was Private Secretary to Prince George, Duke of Kent and was killed in the same air crash as him), the title being inherited by his seven-year old great-grandson, the second and present Viscount, in an extremely rare instance of a great-grandson succeeding his great-grandfather in a peerage. The second Viscount held office in the Conservative administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major and since 2003 he is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. As a descendant of the first Earl of Lonsdale he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles. The current holder of the earldom, James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale, is Lord Ullswater's third cousin once removed.
Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet, British Ambassador to Constantinople, was the younger brother of the first Viscount Ullswater.
[edit] Viscounts Ullswater (1921)
- James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (1855-1949)
- Nicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater (b. 1942)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son The Hon. Benjamin James Lowther (b. 1975)
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[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
