James William Lowther GCB PC (1855 - 1949)

Born 1 Apr 1855 in Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 27 Mar 1949 at age 93 in Deben, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Biography

James was born in 1855. He was the son of William Lowther and Charlotte Parke. ^[1]

He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1898, created 1st Viscount Ullswater, of Campsea Ashe, in the County of Suffolk, on his retirement as Speaker in 1921, and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in July 1921. He also held the degrees of DCL from the University of Oxford, LL.D from the University of Cambridge and DCL from the University of Leeds.

He passed away in 1949.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
   GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 12 March 2024)
   Lowther, James William (Mother's maiden name: Parke).
   GRO Reference: 1855 Apr-May-Jun in Saint George Hanover Square Volume 01A Page 166.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHY-PS9K : 4 September 2014), James W Viscount Ullswater Lowther, 1949; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Deben, Suffolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27R-9LFY : 12 December 2017), James W Lowther, Lancaster, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 22, Piece/Folio 4264/86, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,201.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4Y9Z-DW2 : 8 May 2019), James W Lowther in household of Hannah M Lykes, Lowther, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Westmorland county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9HV-G49 : 20 May 2019), James W Lowther, St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Belgrave subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW22-6JC : 16 May 2019), James William Lowther, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lowther,_1st_Viscount_Ullswater