Andrew James Hamilton LownieFRHistS (born November 1961) is a British historian and author.[1][2][3] He has written books about the royal family, on the Duke of Windsor and his links with the Nazis, and Prince Andrew, including his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. He has also written biographies of John Buchan and the soviet spy Guy Burgess.
Andrew Lownie was born in November 1961, to father judge Ralph Hamilton Lownie of Largo (1924–2007). He was educated at Westminster School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was President of the Cambridge Union in Easter term 1984.[4] He has a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[5] His doctoral thesis (2019) was titled "Stalin's Englishman: the lives of Guy Burgess: biography in intelligence history" and discussed his own 2015 book on Burgess.[6]
Representation
Lownie founded his eponymous literary agency in 1988. It specialises in non-fiction, representing some 200 authors, and is reported to have "regularly been the top selling agent in the world."[7] He founded, and is President of, The Biographers' Club,[8] a group "committed to supporting, promoting and connecting biographers at all levels."[9]
↑ "Home page". Andrew Downie Literary Agency. Retrieved 17 August 2025. According to Publishers Marketplace, Andrew Lownie has regularly been the top selling agent in the world.
↑ "History". The Biographers' Club. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
↑ "About". The Biographers' Club. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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