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Christopher Lowndes was the fifth son of Richard Lowndes of Bostock House in Hassall, Cheshire, England and Margaret (née Poole).
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He was named Commissioner of the town of Bladensburg in 1745, and in 1753 he was appointed one of the justices of Prince George"s County, holding both offices until his death in 1785. He was baptized at Sandbach on June 19, 1713. As early as 1738, he was living in Prince George"s County, Maryland.
Christopher Lowndes was one of the Justices of Prince George"s County from 1753 to 1775, and was of the Quorum from 1769.
On June 4, 1777, he was commissioned under the new State government as one of the Justices of the county and Judge of the Orphans Court. He died at Bladensburg on January 8, 1785.
He was buried at Saint Matthew"s Church, Seat Pleasant, Maryland. On May 14, 1747, Lowndes married Elizabeth Tasker (February 4, 1726 – September 19, 1789), daughter of Benjamin Tasker, Senior, President of the Council of Maryland, at Saint Anne"s Parish in Annapolis, Maryland.
His great-grandson, Lloyd Lowndes, Junior.
(1845-1905) was a United States. congressman and Governor of Maryland from 1896 to 1900. Lowndes" home at Bladensburg, known as Bostwick, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
