Background
The eldest son of Christopher Lowther (d 1718) and grandson of Sir William Lowther, he went to school in Kirkleatham before entering Trinity College, Cambridge in 1726.
Ordained priest rector of Swillington
The eldest son of Christopher Lowther (d 1718) and grandson of Sir William Lowther, he went to school in Kirkleatham before entering Trinity College, Cambridge in 1726.
Trinity College.
Ordained priest in 1734, he became rector of Swillington from 1757 to 1788. They had two sons, each of whom married a daughter of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland:
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757–1844)
Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet (1759–1844)
The following year, on 22 August 1764, he was himself created a baronet.