Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale

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Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale,

PC, FRS (1694 – 7 March 1751) was an English
courtier and landowner.

Life

He was a son of John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale and Katherine Thynne.[1]

He succeeded to the Viscountcy in 1713, upon the death of his elder brother,

posse comitatus, but the citizen army disintegrated upon the approach of the Earl of Derwentwater's troops. Lonsdale found twenty of his servants the only persons faithful to him, and was compelled to retire to Appleby Castle.[2]

His brave, if futile conduct, won admiration. He was appointed a

South Sea Bubble, he may have lost as much as £30,000, worsening the condition of an estate already weakened by his gambling at cards and on the turf. He also spent significant sums to secure the burgage tenures of Appleby, bringing that borough under the family's control.[3]

Appointed

Rising of '45. However, he remained at his sister Elizabeth's house at Byram, Yorkshire during that period, Lowther Hall being uninhabitable due to alterations, and left military affairs largely in the hands of Sir George Fleming, Bt, Bishop of Carlisle. He died at Byram on 7 March 1751 and was buried on 18 March at Lowther Hall. The viscountcy became extinct on his death; his baronetcy and estates went to his second cousin James.[3]

References

  1. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67731
    , retrieved 21 December 2022
  2. ^ North Westmorland: The insurrection of 1715', The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby. The Institute of Historical Research. 1932. pp. 31–35. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
  3. ^ a b Beckett, J. V. (2004). "'Lowther, John, first Viscount Lonsdale (1655–1700)'". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
Political offices
Preceded by Lord Privy Seal
1733–1735 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Duke of Bolton
Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets

1726–1731 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland
1715–1751 		Vacant
Title next held by
Sir William Lowther, Bt
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland
1738–1751 		Succeeded by
Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland
1738–1751 		Vacant
Title next held by
Sir William Lowther, Bt
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Viscount Lonsdale

1713–1751 		Extinct
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Baronet

(of Lowther)
1713–1751 		Succeeded by
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