Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther

Who was Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther?

Anthony Edward Lowther, Viscount Lowther, DL, JP, English courtier and soldier, was the eldest son of Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale by his first wife, Gwendoline.

He was appointed a Page of Honour on 7 April 1908 and served in that office until 25 March 1913. Educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the 10th Royal Hussars on 11 August 1915.

On 1 February 1922, Lowther married Muriel Frances Farrar, daughter of Sir George Herbert Farrar, 1st Baronet, of Chicheley Hall Bucks., by whom he had three children:

Sir James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale

Anthony George Lowther, married Lavinia Joyce, of San Francisco, and has issue

Ann Mary Lowther, married Colonel Julian Fane M.C..

Lowther returned to the family estates after the war, dwelling in Clifton Hall, Westmorland. Like many of his family, he was influential in local affairs, serving as High Sheriff of Westmorland in 1930, and being appointed honorary colonel of the 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment on 19 December 1931. He moved from Clifton Hall to Askham Hall in 1933. This building, bought by the Lowthers in 1815, was carefully restored and modernized under his direction.