Carlisle Patriot 18 May 1844 Deaths (1) - Sir John LOWTHER, Bart.

Deaths (1) - Sir John LOWTHER, Bart.

Carlisle Patriot - 18 May 1844

Deaths. DEATH OF SIR JOHN LOWTHER, BART. - The demise of this highly respected and venerable baronet, (who was brother to the late lamented Earl of LONSDALE,) which had been looked for for some weeks past, took place on Monday last, at Swillington Hall, near Leeds, his principal residence. He was the son of the Rev. Sir William LOWTHER, Bart., rector of Swillington, and Ann, his wife, a descendant of the ancient family of the ZOUCHEs; was born in April, 1758, and had consequently just completed his 85th year. [According to my calculations, his 86th!! Petra] On the 4th September, 1790, he married Lady Elizabeth FANE, second daughter of John, the ninth Earl of WESTMORLAND, by whom he had three sons and three daughters, but one of the latter died an infant and another in 1812. Sir John was next brother to the late excellent Earl of LONSDALE, whom he strongly resembled, both in features and personal disposition. He was exemplary in all the relations of life, and by none will his death be more severely lamented than by his tenantry and the poor in the vicinity of his extensive property. Though fond of retirement, the hon. baronet was not unused to public life. During a period of many successive years, he represented in parliament the county of Cumberland, and his constituents ever found in him a zealous guardian of their local and general interests. His baronetcy dates from the year 1824. The successor to his title and estates is his eldest son, John Henry (born March 23, 1793), one of the members for the city of York - now, of course, Sir John Henry LOWTHER, Bart.

 

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