Sir_John_Lowther,_1st_Baronet,_of_Swillington
Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Swillington
English landowner and Member of Parliament
Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet (1 April 1759 – 19 March 1844) of Swillington, Yorkshire was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.
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He was the second son of Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
On 4 September 1790, he married Lady Elizabeth Fane (d. 1844), daughter of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland. They had four children:
- Sir John Henry Lowther, 2nd Baronet (1793–1868)
- George William Lowther (17 October 1795 – 1805)
- Sir Charles Hugh Lowther, 3rd Baronet (1803–1894)
- Elizabeth Lowther (d. 2 October 1863), unmarried
He purchased the estate at Wilton Castle in about 1806 and built a new mansion house there. At some time after his elder brother was created Earl of Lonsdale, the Swillington estate was made over to John, who was himself created a baronet on 3 November 1824.
He died in 1844 and was succeeded by his eldest son John Henry Lowther.
