UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 30 July 1787

Died: 4 March 1872

Viscount Lowther - 7 April 1807

1st Baron Lowther - 8 September 1841

2nd Earl of Lonsdale - 19 March 1844

Member of Privy Council - 1828

Chief Commissioner for Woods and Forests	1828	1830
Vice President of the Board of Trade	1834	1835
Postmaster-General	1841	1845
Lord President of the Council	27 February 1852	28 December 1852

22 July 1831	Bandon	Tory	4	36.36
15 December 1832	Westmorland	Tory	2,052	57.25
18 December 1832	Western Cumberland	Tory	1,875	57.41
28 February 1833 Rt Hon Viscount Lowther elects to sit for Westmorland.
14 January 1835	Westmorland	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1 August 1837	Westmorland	Conservative Party	Unopposed
8 July 1841	Westmorland	Conservative Party	Unopposed
18 September 1841 Elevation of Viscount Lowther to the Peerage - Baron Lowther - on appointment as Postmaster-General.