Career
Born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, a big-game hunter and adventurer, Lowther was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society on 11 November 1901. In 1912, he published From Pillar to Post, an account of his travels. In October 1913, on the eve of World War I, he commanded 1st Battalion Scots Guards until being wounded in November 1914.
He then commanded 1st (Guards) Brigade, which was broken up in August 1915, and afterwards became Military Secretary at General Headquarters France.
He did not attempt to return to politics. In 1925, he co-authored The Scots Guards in the Great War, 1914–1918.
He died in Basingstoke, Hampshire aged 71. There were no children.