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James William Lowther

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 1 April 1855

Died: 27 March 1949

Peerages

1st Viscount Ullswater - 8 July 1921

Member of Privy Council - 18 July 1898

ancestor of Nicholas James Christopher Lowther

son of William Lowther

husband of Mary Frances Beresford-Hope

grandfather of John Arthur Lowther

grandson of William Lowther

brother of Henry Cecil Lowther

father of Christopher William Lowther

Education

Eton College

King's College, London

Trinity College, Cambridge

Appointments

Elections fought

1 September 1883		Rutlandshire	Conservative Party	860	81.59
3 December 1885		Penrith	Conservative Party	3,448	46.79
10 July 1886		Penrith	Conservative Party	3,676	54.80
8 July 1892		Penrith	Conservative Party	3,549	50.90
18 July 1895		Penrith	Conservative Party	3,868	54.20
6 October 1900		Penrith	Conservative Party	Unopposed
8 June 1905 Rt Hon James Lowther was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
13 January 1906		Penrith	Speaker of the House of Commons	Unopposed
15 January 1910		Penrith	Speaker of the House of Commons	Unopposed
6 December 1910		Penrith	Speaker of the House of Commons	Unopposed
14 December 1918		Penrith & Cockermouth	Speaker of the House of Commons	Unopposed
27 April 1921 Resignation of Rt Hon James Lowther.