Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale

Who was Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale?

Lancelot Edward Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, OBE, DL was an English peer, the youngest son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale.

Lowther was educated at Malvern College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a member of the University Pitt Club. On 13 October 1886 Lowther was made lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Border Regiment.

On 24 April 1889, he married Gwendoline Sheffield, daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet, by whom he had three children:

Lady Barbara Lowther, married Col. Archibald Innes in 1914, divorced 1921, and had issue.

Lady Marjorie Lowther, married George Rodney, 8th Baron Rodney on 15 September 1917, and had issue.

Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther father of the next Earl James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale.

Soon thereafter, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the counties his family had traditionally dominated, Cumberland and Westmorland. In keeping with the family tradition, he enjoyed sports and, by 1905, was a Master of the Drag and the Deputy Master of the Quorn.