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Cecil Lowther

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In October 1913, on the eve of World War I, he commanded 1st Battalion Scots Guards until being wounded in November 1914. He then commanded 1st (Guards) Brigade, which was broken up in August 1915, and afterwards became Military Secretary at
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After the war had ended, Lowther was back as a regular officer in the 1st battalion of his regiment in September 1902, but three months later was seconded for a Staff appointment as Brigade Major, Foot Guards brigade in the
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in August 1900. The war then became a guerrilla war, and Lowther was on 20 July 1901 appointed to a staff position as Staff Captain for Intelligence. For his service in the war, Lowther received the
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broke out in October 1899, the 1st Battalion of the Scots Guards departed Ireland for South Africa to join up with the 1st Guards Brigade, with Lowther appointed as the battalion's
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He had married late, on 28 June 1920, to Dorothy Maude Isabel Harvey, a widow of Gordon Bois. There were no children.
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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Lowther was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for
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Lowther (disambiguation)

Penrith and Cockermouth
Appleby
1915
1918
Ampthill
Basingstoke
Conservative
William Lowther
James Lowther
Clifton College
Scots Guards
1st Army Corps
Second Boer War
Queen's South Africa Medal
Distinguished Service Order
Légion d'honneur
Major General
KCMG
CB
CVO
DSO
FRGS
Conservative
big-game hunter
Ampthill
William Lowther
Clifton College
commissioned

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