Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet (20 April, 1699 – 23 March 1745) was an English landowner, dwelling at Marske Hall, Yorkshire. He was the only son of Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet and Catherine Preston.

On 2 July, 1723 he married Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, and had one son: [cite web | url=http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ll/lowther1.htm | title=Lowther pedigree 1 | accessdate=2007-01-14]
*Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet (1727–1756)

He was thought to be the probable legatee of Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, and his alcoholism was concealed from Sir James by the rest of the family for fear he would be disinherited. [cite journal | first=J.V. | last=Beckett | title=The Disinheritance of Sir Christopher Lowther in 1701 | volume=80 | year=1980 | journal=Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society | pages=131–136] In the event, Sir James survived him by a decade.

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