Richard Lowther

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Richard Lowther (1648 – 1703), English landowner at Maulds Meaburn, was the second son of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet and Mary Fletcher.

He received the estate at Maulds Meaburn from his father, and was Member of Parliament for Appleby from 1689 to 1690.

Lowther married Barbara Prickett and had two sons:

  • Richard Lowther, no issue
  • Robert Lowther (1681–1745), Governor of Barbados

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sackville Tufton
Philip Musgrave
Member of Parliament for Appleby
with Philip Musgrave 1689
William Cheyne 1689–1690

1689–1690
Succeeded by
William Cheyne
Charles Boyle