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William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale

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in politics, he seems to have been tolerant and well-liked, disdaining sabbatarianism and serving as patron for a number of painters and authors, including
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On 12 July 1781, Lord Lonsdale was married to Lady Augusta Fane (died 1838), the eldest daughter of
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from 1757 to 1788, inherited the estate of Swillington in 1763, upon the death of his first cousin
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of the first creation, as well as his immense estates. He was also appointed to the northern
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Like many members of the Lowther family, he followed the politics of his cousin,
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and, his first wife, Augusta Bertie (eldest daughter and co-heiress of
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magnate, he spent £200,000 on the Lowther estate and built a new
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His father, a son of Christopher Lowther, was a grandson of
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Drawing of his wife, Augusta, Countess of Lonsdale, by
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On 15 June 1788, he succeeded his father as the second
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Lady Mary Lowther (1785–1863), who married Maj.-Gen.
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Lady Elizabeth Lowther (d. 1869), who died unmarried.
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contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Lonsdale
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Sir William Lowther, 2nd Baronet, of Little Preston
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In 1807, Lowther was himself created 1636: 751:Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough 858:William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 740:William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 731:, fourth son, by his second wife, of 565:, who also married a daughter of the 524:William Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lowther 512:William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 1664:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 1436:(Union of Great Britain and Ireland) 1419:(Union of Great Britain and Ireland) 1002: 925:Statue (1845-6) of Lord Lonsdale by 801:from 1788 to 1802 and 1806 to 1842. 422: 877:Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 787:William Vane, 3rd Duke of Cleveland 545:Lowther was the eldest son of Rev. 452:Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 13: 1117: 725:John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland 162:Union of Great Britain and Ireland 101:Union of Great Britain and Ireland 14: 1755: 1208:National Portrait Gallery, London 1176: 761:Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck 1729:UK MPs who were granted peerages 1427:Parliament of the United Kingdom 918: 902: 890: 868: 849: 833: 818: 718: 682:Lord Lieutenancies of Cumberland 575:Sir William Lowther, 2nd Baronet 547:Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet 476:Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet 1739:Masters of foxhounds in England 1684:Lord-lieutenants of Westmorland 1194:Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages 856:Lithography of his eldest son, 661:, holding the seat until 1802. 418: 1679:Lord-lieutenants of Cumberland 1151: 1130: 1111: 1090: 1058: 1036: 984: 966:"Lonsdale, Earl of (UK, 1807)" 897:Lord Lonsdale's Shield of arms 825:Portrait of Lord Lonsdale, by 631:Sir James Lowther, 5th Baronet 1: 1724:UK MPs who inherited peerages 1493:Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland 1066:"Lowther Castle Conservation" 1019:historyofparliamentonline.org 992:"Lowther, William (LWTR776W)" 937: 880: 780:Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet 563:Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet 540: 425:; died 1838) 1023:History of Parliament Online 7: 1222:Parliament of Great Britain 996:A Cambridge Alumni Database 797:, serving as Master of the 561:. His younger brother was 526:, from 1802 to 1807, was a 10: 1760: 1529:Vice-Admiral of Cumberland 1044:"The 1st Earl of Lonsdale" 998:. University of Cambridge. 927:Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson 875:Portrait of his grandson, 811: 666:baronet, of Little Preston 649:from 1780 to 1784 and for 609:Trinity College, Cambridge 500:Trinity College, Cambridge 1617: 1609: 1590: 1579: 1571: 1561: 1552: 1547: 1542: 1535: 1526: 1513: 1503: 1490: 1482: 1477: 1463: 1440: 1432: 1425: 1415: 1392: 1380: 1366: 1340: 1328: 1314: 1288: 1276: 1262: 1239: 1227: 1220: 1138:"Cottesmore Hunt History" 614: 522:, from 1788 to 1802, and 505: 493: 483: 471: 463: 432: 401: 391: 375: 356: 351: 347: 331: 315: 298: 287: 271: 255: 238: 227: 211: 195: 178: 167: 155: 139: 122: 106: 94: 77: 66: 62: 40: 23: 1120:"Lady Mary's Sketchbook" 972:. 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Index

The Right Honourable
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Samuel William Reynolds
John Opie
Member of Parliament
Rutland
Gerard Noel Edwards
Gerard Noel Edwards
The Lord Carbery
Gerard Noel Edwards
Gerard Noel Edwards
Lord Sherard
Member of Parliament
Cumberland
Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt
Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt
Sir James Lowther, Bt
Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt
Humphrey Senhouse
Member of Parliament
Carlisle
The Earl of Surrey
Anthony Morris Storer
Walter Spencer Stanhope
The Earl of Surrey
Edward Norton
Member of Parliament
Appleby
Philip Honywood

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