Lowther baronets of Marske (1697)

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The Lowther baronetcy, of Marske in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 June 1697 for the 21-year-old William Lowther, subsequently Member of Parliament for Lancaster. [2] His father was Anthony Lowther. [3] He was the grandson of the London merchant Robert Lowther, brother of Sir John Lowther of Lowther Hall, the father of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Lowther. [4]

He was succeeded by his son, the 2nd Baronet, who also represented Lancaster in the House of Commons. [3] [5] On his death the title passed to his son, the 3rd Baronet, who served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland. In 1755 he succeeded to the estates of his cousin Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, of Whitehaven; [6] but then died unmarried, at an early age the following year when the baronetcy became extinct.

Lowther baronets, of Marske (1697)

Notes

  1. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. J. R. Smith. p. 329.
  2. 1 2 "Lowther, Sir William, 1st Bt. (1676-1705), of Marske, Yorks. and Holker Hall, Lancs., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Cokayne, George Edward (1904). Complete Baronetage. Vol. IV. W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 267–268.
  4. "Lowther, Anthony (1641-93), of Marske, Yorks. and Walthamstow, Essex, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  5. 1 2 "Lowther, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1699-1745), of Holker Hall, nr. Lancaster and Marske, Yorks., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. 1 2 "The Wesley Center Online: Wesley's Letters: 1754". wesley.nnu.edu.

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