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Colonel '''James Lowther''' (23 February 1753 &ndash; 1837) was a [[Great Britain|British]] soldier and [[Tory]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons]] for 43 years from 1775 to 1818.
He was the second son of Rev. Henry Lowther, rector of [[Aikton]], and Dorothy Tatham. Rev. Henry was the great-grandson of Rev. Lancelot Lowther, rector of [[Long Marston, North Yorkshire|Long Marston]] and son of Sir Christopher Lowther (1557–1617). Rev. Lancelot founded the cadet branch of Lowther of [[Colby Leathes]], the heads of which family were largely clerics with livings in the gift of the more senior branches of the Lowther family.
James, however, took a more active role in the service of his fourth cousin, [[James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale]]. As one of "[[Lord Lonsdale's ninepins]]", he was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] for [[Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)|Westmorland]] from 1775 until 1812, and then for [[Appleby (UK Parliament constituency)|Appleby]] from 1812 until 1818. He was also returned for [[Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)|Haslemere]] in 1790, but preferred to continue to sit for Westmorland. In addition to his political role, Lowther served as second to Lord Lonsdale in two notable duels, the first in June 1792 with an officer of the [[Life Guards (British Army)|Life Guards]], and the second in 1796 with [[Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baronet]].
Lowther was for some time the commander of the [[Royal Cumberland Militia]]. In 1798, he was transferred to command the [[Royal Westmorland Militia]], and was commissioned a [[colonel]] in the regular Army when that regiment was embodied.
He died in [[Caen]], [[Normandy]] in the summer of 1837.
==References==
*{{cite journal |title=Lowther of Colby Leathes |first=Rev. C.M. Lowther |last=Bouch |journal=Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society |volume=43 |year=1943 |pages=117–135 |doi=10.5284/1062913}}
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== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-james-lowther-2 | James Lowther }}
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| title=[[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)|Westmorland]]
| with = [[Sir Michael le Fleming, 4th Baronet|Sir Michael le Fleming, Bt]] 1775–1801
| before=[[James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale|Sir James Lowther, Bt]]<br />[[Sir Michael le Fleming, 4th Baronet|Sir Michael le Fleming, Bt]]
| after=''Parliament of the United Kingdom''
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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)|Haslemere]]
| years = 1790
| with  = [[William Gerard Hamilton]]
| before=[[John Baynes-Garforth]]<br />[[Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Swillington|John Lowther]]
| after = [[William Gerard Hamilton]]<br />[[Richard Penn (governor)|Richard Penn]]
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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)|Westmorland]]
| years = 1801–1812
| with  = [[Sir Michael le Fleming, 4th Baronet|Sir Michael le Fleming, Bt]] 1801–1806
| with2 = [[John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster|The Lord Muncaster]] 1806–1812
| before=''Parliament of Great Britain''
| after=[[John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster|The Lord Muncaster]]<br />[[Henry Lowther (politician)|Henry Lowther]]
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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Appleby (UK Parliament constituency)|Appleby]]
| years = 1812–1818
| with  = [[John Courtenay (1738–1816)|John Courtenay]] 1812
| with2 = [[George Tierney]] 1812–1818
| before= [[James Ramsay Cuthbert]]<br />[[Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne|Nicholas Ridley-Colborne]]
| after = [[George Fludyer]]<br />[[Lucius Concannon]]
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