The family of LOWTHER is of great antiquity in the county of Westmorland. The name is local, and has been written LODER, LOUDER, LOADER, LOUTHREY, and LOWTHER, from the town and manor of Lowther." The manor was part of the great barony of Appleby, and its lords held it in cornage (a sort of military tenure) from the Viponts and Cliffords. SIR GERVASIUS DE LOUTHER, knt. lived temp. HENRY III., and his great-grandson, SIR HUGH DR LOUTHER, knt. was attorney-general 20 EDWARD L. and returned one of the knights for Westmoreland to the parliament held at Lincoln in the 28th of the same reign. He m. a daughter of Peter de Filiol, of Cumberland, and had two sons, HUGH (Sir), and Thomas, one of the justices of the King's Bench 5 EDWARD III. The elder, SIR HUCH DE LOUTHER, knt. having taken up arms with Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and others against Piers Gaveston temp. EDWARD II. and being concerned in the death of the said Gaveston, had the king's pardon, according to a special provision, in the parliament held at Westminster 15th October, 1313, wherein it was enacted that none should be called to account for the said offence. In 17 EDWARD II. he was one of the knights of the shire for Cumberland, and the next year was a commissioner of array for the same county on the occasion of a menaced invasion by the French king, as he was again in the 13 EDWARD III. for the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland. In the 14th of that reign he served for Westmoreland in the parliament held at Westminster. The next year he was again returned, with Peter de Tyliol, for Cumberland to the parliament held at Woodstock, and they had a writ for £19. 12s. to be levied on the county, for their expenses in attending forty-nine days. He was sheriff of Cumberland 26, 27, and 28 EDWARD III. In the 23rd of the same reign he served again as one of the knights for Cumberland, in which year a complaint was made by Sir William Lydell, of Scotland, that being taken prisoner at the battle of Durham by John de Standish, whom he had paid for his redemption, was delivered to Sir Hugh de Louthre, knt. to be conveyed safely from his enemies, who, in consideration of a falcon he presented to him, undertook to conduct him aud entertain him at his house for three weeks. After which he delivered him to John, son and heir of Thomas de Louthre, his kinsman, to convey him out of the king's dominions; but the said John and Thomas carried him to strange That is, lower than the hills that surround, as that part of the county is called the bottom of Westmoreland. + His younger son, WILLIAM DE LOUTHER, obtained the king's license, 14 RICHARD II. with Sir Thomas Colville and Sir John Etton, knts. William Selveyn, places under close confinement, until he agreed to pay the said John de Louthre and Thomas a fine of 230 marks; whereupon the king commissioned Henry de Piercy, Ralph de Nevill, and Thomas de Lucy, to inquire into the fact. He departed this life about the 46th of the same EDWARD, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN DE LOUTHER, knt. who was returned to parliament by the county of Westmoreland 50 EDWARD III. and 2 RICHARD II. He was s. by his elder son,t SIR ROBERT DE LOUTHER, knt. M.P. for Cumberland 15 and 17 RICHARD II. 2, 5, and 8 HENRY IV, and 2 HENRY V. In the 6th of the last reign he was sheriff of the same county. He d. in 1430, was buried in the parish church of Louther, and s. by his son, SIR HUGH DE LOUTHER, knt. who, in the lifetime of his father, served under HENRY V. in the wars of France, and was one of the heroes of AGINCOURT. In the 4th, 9th, and 27th, Sir Hugh represented Cumberland in parliament, and was sheriff in the 18th and 34th of the same reign. He m. Anne, daughter of John de Darentwater, of Cumberland, and was s. by his son, SIR HUGH LOUTHER, who m. Mabel, daughter and heir of Sir William Lancaster, of Stockbridge, and was father of SIR HUGH LOUTHER, who m. Anne, daughter of Lancelot Thirkeld, knt. and was s. by his son, SIR HUGH LOUTHER, who was made a knight of the Bath 17th November, 1501, on the marriage of Prince ARTHUR, eldest son of HENRY VII. He m. Dorothy, daughter of Henry, Lord Clifford, and had a son and heir, SIR JOHN LOWTHER, knt. sheriff of Cumberland 7 and 34 HENRY VIII. In 4 EDWARD VI. he m. Lucy, daughter of Sir Thomas Curwen, of Workington, in Cumberland; and was s. by his eldest son, SIR RICHARD LOWTHER, knt. sheriff of Cumberland 8 and 30 ELIZABETH. He was likewise lord warden of the West Marches, and thrice commissioner in the great affairs between England and Scotland. When Mary, Queen of Scots, sought safety in England, and arrived at Cumberland 17th May, 1568, Queen ELIZABETH sent orders to Sir Richard Lowther to convey her majesty to Carlisle; but he subsequently incurred ELIZABETH'S displeasure by permitting the Duke of Norfolk to visit the royal captive. He d. aged seventyseven, in the year 1607, and was s. by his eldest son (by Frances, his wife, daughter of John Middleton, esq.) SIR CHRISTOPHER LOWTHER, b. 8th September, 1577, who received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES I. at Newcastle, whither Sir Christopher attended his majesty with "a gallant companie " from the Scottish border, 13th April, 1603. He m. first, Eleanor, daughter of William Musgrave, esq. of Hayton, in Cumberland, and had by that lady, with daughters, eight sons, viz. 1. JOHN, his heir. Henry Van-Croy-pole, and Simon Ward, to challenge certain persons of the kingdom of Scotland to perform and exercise feats of arms; and thereupon the king appointed John, Lord Roos, to fix a camp and to be judge in the said exercise. In 2 HENRY IV. this William de Louther was sheriff of Cumberland, and afterwards in the 7th, 8th, and 9th years of the same reign. Sir Christopher m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Thomas Wilson, dean of Durham (secretary of state to Queen ELIZABETH), and relict of Burdett of Bramcote, in the county of Warwick. He was s. at his decease by his eldest son, SIR JOHN LOWTHER, knt. M.P. for Westmoreland temp. JAMES I. and CHARLES I. He was knighted by the latter king, and was of his majesty's council for the government of the northern parts. He d. 15th September, 1637, leaving by his wife, Eleanor, daughter of William Fleming, esq. of Rydale, three sons and two daughters, viz. 1. JOHN, created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1640, and was s. in 1675 by his grandson, SIR JOHN LOWTHER, who was raised to the peerage in 1696 as VISCOUNT LONSDALE, which dignity expired with HENRY, the third viscount, in 1750, when the estates devolved upon SIR JAMES LOWTHER, who was created Earl of Lonsdale, in 1784, to himself and the heirs of his body; but having no issue, his lordship obtained a new patent in 1797, creating him VISCOUNT LOWTHER, with special remainder, which conferred the inheritance upon SIR WILLIAM LOWTHER, of Swillington, present (1837) EARL OF LONSDALE. (Refer to BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.) II. CHRISTOPHER. III. WILLIAM, of Swillington, ancestor of the pre sent EARL OF LONSDALE. 1. Agnes, m. to Roger Kirkby, esq. 11. Frances, m. to John Dodsworth, esq. The second son, 1. CHRISTOPHER Lowther, esq. of Whitehaven, in Cumberland, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 11th June, 1642. Sir Christopher m. Frances, daughter and heir of Christopher Lancaster, esq. of Stockbridge, in Westmoreland, and had by her (who m. secondly, John Lamplugh, esq. of Lamplugh, in Cumberland,) a daughter, Frances, married to Richard Lamplugh, esq. of Ribton, and a son, his successor in 1644, II. SIR JOHN LOWTHER, M.P. for Cumberland from 32 CHARLES II. to 12 WILLIAM III. and was one of the commissioners of the Admiralty in the latter reign. He m. Jane, daughter of Woolley Leigh, esq. of Addington, in Surrey, and had issue, LOWTHER, OF SWILLINGTON. CREATED 6th Jan. 1714-15.-EXTINCT 23rd Dec. 1763. Lineage. SIR WILLIAM LOWTHER, knt. of Leeds, youngest son of Sir John Lowther, knt. of Lowther, and Eleanor Fleming, his wife (refer to LOWTHER OF WHITEHAVEN), purchased the manor of Swillington, in the county of York, of George, Lord Darcey and Conyers, and was possessed of Great Preston and Garforth, in the same county. He was one of the council in the north, and M. P. for Pontefract from 1661 to 1678. He m. Jane, daughter of William Busfeild, of Leeds, merchant, and had issue, Knostrop, Sir William, who was a commissioner of the customs and burgess in parliament for Pontefract temp. CHARLES II. died, aged eighty, in February, 1687, and was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM LOWTHER, knt. of Great Preston, sheriff of Yorkshire in 1681, and M.P. for Pontefract. He was born in August, 1639, and died 7th December, 1705, having had issue, by Catherine, daughter of Thomas Harrison, esq. of Dancer's Hill, Herts, and Cave, in Yorkshire, five sons and two daughters, viz. WILLIAM, his heir. Richard, of Leeds, merchant, m. first, Christian, daughter of Sir Christopher Wandesford, bart. of Kirklington, in the county of York; and secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Fenwick; and had by the latter three daughters, Mary, Catherine, and Elizabeth. Robert, of Calverley. CHRISTOPHER, sole executor to his father, who left him an estate at Little Preston, in the county of York. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Maude, esq. of Alversthorp, Wakefield, and Seacroft. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 86.) He died in 1718, leaving WILLIAM, of Little Preston, rector of Swillington and prebendary of York, of whom hereafter as heir to Sir William Lowther, the second baronet. Martha, m. to George Thompson, esq. in 1750, and had issue a son, George Wentworth Thompson. 32 8 He d. 6th March, 1629, and was s. by his eldest son, 11. SIR WILLIAM LOWTHER, M. P. for Pontefract, m. first, in 1719, Diana, daughter of Thomas Condon, esq. of the county of York, which lady died issueless in 1736, and Sir William m. secondly, Catherine, eldest daughter of Sir William Ramsden, bart. but died s. p. 22nd December, 1763, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Sir William bequeathed the estate of Swillington to his cousin, THE REV. WILLIAM LOWTHER, of Little Preston, rector of Swillington and prebendary of York, who, being created a BARONET 22nd August, 1764, became SIR WILLIAM LOWTHER, of Swillington. He m. Anne, daughter of the Rev. Charles Zouch, vicar of Sandal, in the county of York, and had two sons, WILLIAM, who inherited the barony and viscounty of Lowther on the decease of James, Earl of Lonsdale, in 1802, and was afterwards himself created EARL OF LONSDALE. (See BURKE's Peerage.) JOHN, of Swillington, created a BARONET in 1824. Arms-Or, six annulets, three, two, and one, sa. LOWTHER, OF MARSKE. CREATED 15th June, 1697.-EXTINCT 3rd Feb. 1753. Lineage. ROBERT LOWTHER, esq. seventh son of Sir Christopher Lowther, knt. and Eleanor Musgrave, his wife (see LOWTHER OF WHITEHAVEN), m. first, a daughter of Cutler; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of William Holcroft, esq. of Lancashire, by whom he had two sons; John, the younger, was a merchant at Dantzic, and marrying Mary, daughter of Colonel John Lowther, left issue. The elder son and heir, ANTHONY LOWTHER, esq. of Marske, in the county of York, M. P. for Appleby in 1678-9, m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William Penn, knt. admiral to King CHARLES II. and was s. by his eldest surviving son, 1. WILLIAM LOWTHER, esq. of Marske, who was created a BARONET by King WILLIAM III. 15th June, Sir William m. Catherine, daughter and heir of Thomas Preston, esq. of Holker, in Lancashire, (see BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 479,) and had issue, THOMAS, his successor. 1697. Preston. Catherine. Margaret. He d. in April, 1704, and was s. by his elder son, 11. SIR THOMAS LOWTHER, M.P. for Lancaster, who m. in July, 1723, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of William, second Duke of Devonshire, and dying 23rd March, 1745, was s. by his son, In 1644 a BARONETCY was conferred on 1. SIR GERVAS LUCAS, of Fenton, in Lincolnshire, descended from an ancient family in that county. During the civil conflicts of the unhappy times in which he lived, Sir Gervas adhered with devoted attachment to the royal cause, and was governor of Belvoir Castle for King CHARLES. He died unmarried about 1668, and with him the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Arms-Arg. a chevron gu. between three ogresses, on a chief az. a moor cock of the field between two cross crosslets fitchée or. For the early descent of the Lucys refer to BURKE'S History of the Commoners, vol. iii. p. 97. SIR THOMAS LUCY, knt. of Charlecote, in the county of Warwick, only son and heir of Sir Thomas Lucy, immortalized by Shakspeare as JUSTICE SHALLOW, m. first, Dorothy, daughter of Nicholas Arnold, esq. and by her had a son, Thomas, who d. young, and a daughter, Joyce, wife of Sir William Cook, knt. of Highnam. Sir Thomas m. secondly, Constance, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Kingsmill, knt. of High Clere, Hants, and had a large family; of whom, THOMAS, the eldest son, inherited Charlecote and carried on the principal line of the family; while the second son, 1. SIR RICHARD LUCY, acquiring, by intermarriage with Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Cock, of Broxburne, Herts, and relict of the Hon. Robert West, the estate of Broxburne, settled there. He received the honour of knighthood in 1617, and was created a BARONET 11th March, 1617-18. Sir Richard m. secondly, Rebecca, daughter and co heir of Thomas Chapman, esq. of Wormley, Herts. By his first wife he had a daughter, Constantia, m. to Henry, Lord Colerain, and an only son, his successor at his decease 6th April, 1667, II. SIR KINGS MILL LUCY, F.R.S. of Facombe, Hants, m. Lady Theophila Berkeley, daughter of George, Earl of Berkeley, and by her ladyship (who m. secondly, Robert Nelson, esq. of London,) had a son and two daughters, viz. BERKELEY, his heir. Theophila, m. to Sir William Ingoldsby, bart. He died about the year 1678, and was s. by his son, III. SIR BERKELEY LUCY, F.R.S. who m. Catherine, daughter of Charles Cotton, esq. of Beresford, in the county of Stafford, and by her (who d. in June, 1740,) had an only surviving daughter and heiress, MARY LUCY, m. to the Hon. Charles Compton, CHARLES COMPTON, seventh and eighth Earls Jane Compton, m. to George, first Lord Rod 1. MARTYN LUMLEY, esq. of Bradfield Magna, in the county of Essex, knight of that shire in the Long Parliament, who was created a BARONET by CHARLES I. 8th January, 1640-1. Sir Martyn m. first, Jane, daughter and heir of John Meredith, esq. of Denbighshire, and by her had an only daughter, Prudence, wife of Sir Roger Mostyn, bart. of Mostyn, in the county of Flint. He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Alderman Edward Alleyn, of London, and by that lady had a son, his successor in 1651, II. SIR MARTYN LUMLEY, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir John Langham, bart. of Cottesbrooke, and dying in August, 1702 (his wife d. in 1692), was s. by his only son, III. SIR MARTYN LUMLEY, who wedded, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Jonathan Dawes, knt. alderman of London, and had an only surviving child, Anne, wife of Sir Stephen Anderson. He m. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Chamberlayn, esq. of Gray's Inn, and by her had JAMES, his successor. Elizabeth, m. to the Right Rev. Dr. Cecil, Bishop of Bangor, and survived his widow. Sir Martyn m. thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Clement Rawlinson, gent. of Sanscate, in Lancashire. He d. 12th January, 1710, and was s. by his son, IV. SIR JAMES LUMLEY, who died unmarried 11th December, 1771, when the BARONETCY became EX TINCT. Arms-Or, a chief gu. (same as the city of Naples.) LUMSDEN, OF AUCHINDOIR. CREATED 9th Aug. 1821.—EXTINCT 15th Dec. 1821. Lineage. In 1821 a BARONETCY was conferred on 1. SIR HARRY NIVEN LUMSDEN, of Auchindoir, in Aberdeenshire, but he survived the creation but four months. He d. s. p. and the title of course EXPIRED. LYDE, OF AYOT ST. LAWRENCE. Lineage. DOMINIGO LOMELY, an Italian by birth, and of the bedchamber to HENRY VIII. commanded a troop of horse and maintained them at his own expense at Boulogne for the use of the king. His son, JAMES LOMELIN or LUMLEY, was a merchant of London, and died at the advanced age of eighty-eight in 1592, when he was s. by his son, SIR MARTYN LUMLEY, knt. sheriff of London in 1614, and lord mayor in 1623. He died in 1634, and was magnificently interred at Great St. Helens; the funeral directed by Sir Henry St. George, Sir William Le Neve, and others of the heralds. By his will, dated 1st September, 1631, he gave to the churchwardens of St. Helens and their successors for ever an annuity or rent-charge of £20, to be issuing out of his messuage or tenement in the parish of St. John the Evangelist, London, upon trust, for establishing a lecture or sermon for ever to be preached in that parish church on Thursday evening weekly from Michaelmas to LadyDay, and the said churchwardens to pay the same to a goodly divine for preaching the said lecture; he be queathed also £4 per annum for the use of the poor of the said parish. He m. Mary Witham, and was s. by his son, CORNELIUS LYDE, esq. of Stanton Wick, in Somersetshire, b. 2nd March, 1640-1 (son of William Lyde, of Week, and grandson of another William Lyde, who was born in 1576), m. 16th May, 1661, Mary Balch, and by her, who d. 8th June, 1715, had issue, JAMES, of Stanton Wick and of the city of Bristol, merchant, baptized 6th June, 1671; m. Martha, daughter of Michael Pope, also of Bristol; and d. 12th March, 1731. John, baptized 26th January, 1673-4; died about 1739. Samuel, of London, M.D. m. Anna-Regina, daughter of the burgomaster of Leyden, in Holland, and d. s. p. Stephen, baptized 9th June, 1681, colonel of militia in Virginia, and representative in the House of Burgesses in that colony for King William County. He d. s. p. leaving a widow, who m. - Taylor, esq. LYONEL, of whom presently. Cornelius, baptized 20th January, 1686-7, who purchased the estate of Ayot St. Lawrence, in the county of Hertford. He m. first, in 1716, Mary, daughter of John Peck, which lady d. s. p. in 1718; and secondly, 30th November, 1727, Rachel, daughter of Cornelius Wittenom, esq. of London, by whom, who d. in 1782, aged eighty-four, he left at his decease, 11th July, 1747, two daughters, his co-heirs; the elder of whom, RACHEL, married her cousin, Sir Lyonel Lyde, bart. Susanna. Mr. Lyde d. 25th July, 1717, and was buried at Chew Magna, in Somersetshire. His fifth son, LYONEL LYDE, esq. baptized 28th February, 1682, was mayor of the city of Bristol. He married two wives; by the first, whom he married in Virginia, he had a son, Cornelius, a representative for King William Lyonel, was blown up in an engagement at By his second wife, who was an heiress and died 24th February, 1729-30, Mr. Lyde had issue, LYONEL, of whom presently. Samuel, born at Bristol 5th February, 1729-30, Anna-Maria, b. in 1721, who m. Chauncy Poole, Nicholas Poole, who m. Martha, daughter of Cornelius Denne, of Cheapside, London, and d. s. p. LYONEL POOLE, of Shirehampton, in the county of Gloucester, who assumed the surname and arms of LYDE, as heir to his uncle Sir Lyonel. He d. s. p. ANNA-MARIA POOLE, m. to Levy Ames, esq. mayor of Bristol in 1789, who assumed the surname of LYDE, and had issue several sons and daughters. Mr. Lyde died in 1744, and was buried at Bristol. His elder son by his second marriage, 1. LYONEL LYDE, esq. of Ayot St. Lawrence, born at Bristol 9th May, 1724, was created a BARONET 13th October, 1772. He m. in 1747, Rachel, daughter and co-heir of his uncle Cornelius Lyde, esq. of Ayot, but d. s. p. 22nd July, 1791, when the title became EXTINCT. The manor of Ayot St. Lawrence passed by will to his nephew, Lyonel Poole, esq. of Shirehamp ton, and from him to the family of Ames. Arms-Az. an eagle displayed double-headed erm. A member of the family was amongst the victors at the battle of POICTIERS, as one of the esquires in immediate attendance upon James, Lord Audley, K.G. John Touchet, Lord Audley, son-in-law, and eventually heir to the said James, granted, in consideration that John and James Mackworth were valiant men, and for the services rendered by them and their ancestors to the Audley family, a part of the arms of Audley, viz. party The family of Mackintosh, of that ilk, lineally descends from Shaw, second son of Duncan M‘Duff, third Earl of Fife, and great-grandchild to Duncan M'Duff who slew MACBETH. This Shaw, being sent by MALCOLM IV. in the year 1163, to repress a rebellion in Morayland, which he effected in a most signal manner, was rewarded with the constabulary of the castle of Inverness; and from his residence among the people of the country who spoke the Gaelic only, was called Mac-in-tosh-ick, that is to say, Thomas, son or the principal and first man in dignity in the shire. He thus became the first of the name, and the progenitor of a long line of chiefs. 1. NEAS MACKINTOSH, of Mackintosh, the twentythird laird, was created a BARONET in 1812. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Ludovick Grant, bart. of Dalvey, in the county of Moray; but d. s. p. 21st January, 1820, when the title became EXTINCT. The present chief of this ancient and distinguished clan is ALEXANDER MACKINTOSH, twenty-sixth laird of Mackintosh. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iv.) Arms-Quarterly first or, a lion rampant gu.; second arg. a dexter arm couped fesseways, holding up a heart gu.; third az. a boar's head or; fourth or, a galley, her sails furled and oars in saltier sa. flags gu. |