Henry Cecil Lowther

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Henry Cecil Lowther England (Eng)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm slow
First-class record
Matches	47
Runs scored	387
Batting average	5.30
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	34
Balls bowled	0+
Wickets	7
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best Bowling	3/?
Catches/Stumpings	11/0
First class debut: ?, 1818 Last first class game: ?, 1839 Source: CricInfo

Henry Cecil Lowther, DL, JP (27 July 1790 – 6 December 1867) was a British Conservative politician and cricketer, the second son of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale.

Educated at Westminster School, he entered the army on 16 July 1807, as a cornet in the 7th Hussars. He was promoted lieutenant on 21 July 1808 and captain on 4 October 1810.^[1] He served with the 7th Hussars during the campaign of 1809 in Spain, including the battles of Mayorga, Sahagún, Benevente, and the retreat to Corunna.^[2] From 1812 until 1814, he was in Wellington's army during the Peninsular War, and was made a major in the 10th Hussars on 12 November 1815.^[1] He received the Peninsular Medal with three clasps after the war.^[2] On 20 April 1817 he went into the 12th Regiment of Foot as a lieutenant-colonel, with which rank he retired on half-pay.

He married Lady Lucy Eleanor Sherard, daughter of Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough, on 19 May 1817. They had seven children:^[3]

Eleanor Cecily Lowther (d. 24 November 1894), married John Talbot Clifton on 22 April 1844
Augusta Mary Lowther (d. 11 January 1916), married Gerard Noel
Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale (1818–1876)
Arthur Lowther (12 July 1820 – 15 February 1855)
William Lowther (1821–1912)
Constantia Lowther (1831–1864), married Col. Robert Blücher Wood

Between 1818 and 1839, he played first-class cricket for Hampshire and Surrey. He was appointed colonel of the Royal Cumberland Militia in 1830.

First elected for Westmorland, a constituency long in the family interest, he continued to be returned until his death in 1867. In 1862, he became Father of the House of Commons (the oldest sitting member).

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b The Royal Military Calendar. Retrieved on January 12, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "The Hon. H. C. Lowther", The Gentlemen's Magazine, F. Jeffries, 1868. Retrieved on January 12, 2007.
^ thePeerage.com. Retrieved on January 11, 2007.

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Lowther The Lord Muncaster	Member of Parliament for Westmorland with The Lord Muncaster 1812–1813 Viscount Lowther 1813–1831, 1832–1841 Alexander Nowell 1831–1832 William Thompson 1841–1854 Earl of Bective 1854–1867 1812–1867	Succeeded by Earl of Bective William Lowther
Honorary Titles
Preceded by Sir Charles Merrik Burrell	Father of the House 1862–1867	Succeeded by Thomas Peers Williams