William Lowther (diplomat)

The Hon. William Lowther (14 December 1821 – 23 January 1912) was a British diplomat and Conservative politician, the second son of the Hon. Henry Lowther and younger brother of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale.

Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Lowther entered the diplomatic service, and served as Secretary to the British embassies in Berlin and St Petersburg, and finally as Minister to Argentina.^[1]

Lowther married (Charlotte) Alice Parke (d. 1908), daughter of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale on 17 December 1853. They had seven children:^[2]

Mary Eleanor Rose Lowther (d. 14 August 1929), married Paul Vieugue on 29 April 1897
Mabel Cecily Lowther, married James Bey on 3 May 1912
Mildred Alice Lowther (d. 8 September 1876)
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (1855–1949)
Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet (1858–1916)
Harold Arthur Lowther (23 July 1864 – 20 December 1929)
Sir Henry Cecil Lowther (1869–1940)

After his return from Argentina, Lowther decided to built a new house in London. He bought land in Kensington, and there erected Lowther Lodge, an exemplar of Queen Anne Style architecture. The cost was partly defrayed by a bequest from his uncle William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale, who died in 1872, including a house in Barnes, which was sold to Lord Londesborough. He and his wife lived there until his death in 1912; his son Lord Ullswater sold it to the Royal Geographical Society shortly thereafter.^[1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Cecil Lowther Earl of Bective	Member of Parliament for Westmorland with Earl of Bective 1868–1870 Earl of Bective 1871–1885 1868–1885	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by Constituency revived	Member of Parliament for Appleby 1885–1892	Succeeded by Sir Joseph Savory, Bt