Background
LOWTHER, James William was born on April 1, 1855. Son of Honourable William Lowther, 25 years Member of Parliament for Westmorland, and Alice, 3rd daughter of Baron Wensleydale.
LOWTHER, James William was born on April 1, 1855. Son of Honourable William Lowther, 25 years Member of Parliament for Westmorland, and Alice, 3rd daughter of Baron Wensleydale.
Eton; King’s College London. Trim College Cambridge Honours in Classical and Law Tripos, Cambridge. Master of Laws; Doctor of Civil Law (Oxford).
Doctor of Laws (Cambridge). Doctor of Civil Law (Leeds).
Barrister 1879; Member of Parliament Rutland, 1883. Contested Mid-Cumberland, 1885. 4th Charity Commissioner, 1887.
Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, 1891. Represented Great Britain at International Conference at Venice, 1892. Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Cumberland, 1900.
Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, 1895- 1905. P.C., Justice of the Peace, D.L.; Member of Parliament (Conservative) Penrith Division of Cumberland since 1886; Speaker of House of Commons since 1905.
Conservative.
Clubs: Carlton, Athenaeum.