Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther
DL | |
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Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland | |
In office 1939–1945 | |
Preceded by | Stanley Hughes le Fleming |
Succeeded by | James Winstanley Cropper |
Personal details | |
Born | Anthony Edward Lowther 24 September 1896 |
Died | 6 October 1949 | (aged 53)
Spouse |
Muriel Frances Farrar
(m. 1922) |
Parent(s) | Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale Gwendoline Sophia Alice Sheffield |
Anthony Edward Lowther, Viscount Lowther
Early life
Anthony Edward Lowther was the eldest son of Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale by his first wife, the former Gwendoline Sophia Alice Sheffield (1869–1921). After the death of his mother in 1921, his father remarried to Sybil Beatrix Feetham, the only child of Maj Gen Edward Feetham of Farmwood.[1]
His maternal grandparents were the former Priscilla Dumaresq (daughter of Lt. Col. Henry Dumaresq) and
Career
He was appointed a
Lowther returned to the family estates after the war, dwelling in
His career as a county gentleman continued when, on 29 April 1937, he was appointed a
Personal life
On 1 February 1922, Lowther married Muriel Frances Farrar, daughter of Sir
- James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (1922–2006), who married four times.[1]
- Hon. Anthony George Lowther (b. 1925), who married Lavinia Joyce of San Francisco (parents of Camilla Lowther, maternal grandparents of models Adwoa Aboah and Kesewa Aboah).[11] Lavinia Joyce was the only child of Lt.-Col. Thomas H. Joyce,[12] an officer in the United States Air Force.[13]
- Hon. Ann Mary Lowther (1927–1956), who married Colonel Julian Fane M.C. (1921–2013).[1]
Upon the death of his uncle in 1944, Anthony assumed the style of Viscount Lowther as heir apparent to the Earldom. However, he predeceased his father in 1949, at the age of 53. His widow died on 25 February 1968.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Lonsdale, Earl of (UK, 1807)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- The Peerage. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 28126, 7 April 1908
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 28704, 25 March 1913
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 29258, 10 August 1915
- ^ a b "Sanford Book". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 33592, 28 March 1930
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 33781, 18 December 1931
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 34934, 4 May 1937
- ^ "thePeerage.com". Retrieved 19 May 2007.
- ^ "Woman with great literary mind". Cumberland and Westmorland Herald. 11 January 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ISBN 9781999767051. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "502nd Bomb Group – Group Command and Staff". www.315bw.org. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2022.