Background
Lowther was born on December 14, 1821. He was the second son of the Honorary Henry Lowther and his wife Lady Lucy Eleanor, daughter of Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough.
Lowther was born on December 14, 1821. He was the second son of the Honorary Henry Lowther and his wife Lady Lucy Eleanor, daughter of Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough.
He was educated privately and at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Lowther entered the diplomatic service, and was unpaid Attache to the British embassy in Berlin from 1841 to 1846 and then a paid Attache at the Berlin Embassy from 1846 to 1852. He was Secretary of the Legation at Naples from 1852 to 1858, at Street St. Petersburg from 1858 to 1859 and at Berlin from 1859 to 1861. He was Secretary of the Embassy at Berlin from 1861 to 1867 and finally Minister to Argentina at Buenos Aires from 1857 to 1868.
After his return from Argentina, Lowther decided to build a new house in London. He bought land in Kensington, and there erected Lowther Lodge, an exemplar of Queen Anne Style architecture. He was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Westmoreland and Cumberland and a Justice of the Peace for Bedfordshire and Suffolk.
He was a director of the London and North Western Railway. He held the seat until 1885 when it was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Acting 1885. He was then elected Member of Parliament for Appleby.
He held the seat until 1892. Lowther married (Charlotte) Alice Parke (d 1908), daughter of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale on 17 December 1853. They had seven children including James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (1855–1949), Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet (1858–1916) and Sir Henry Cecil Lowther (1869–1940).
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At the 1868 general election Lowther was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland.
Lowther married (Charlotte) Alice Parke, daughter of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale on December 17, 1853. They had seven children.
