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Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, of Swillington

British politician (1793-1868)

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Source revisionMay 1, 2026

Entity authorityQ7527900 ↗

Source-derived summary

Sir John Henry Lowther, 2nd Baronet (23 March 1793 – 23 June 1868) was a Tory MP in the British Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, whom he succeeded on 11 May 1844.

He represented Cockermouth in 1816–1826, Wigtown Burghs in 1826–1831, Cockermouth again in 1831–1832, and York in 1835–1847. He then served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1852–53.

He died unmarried, and was succeeded by his brother Charles Hugh Lowther.

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“Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, of Swillington” enters the record as british politician (1793-1868). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what John, Lowther and Baronet can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, of Swillington” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.