Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet FRS (9 November 1642 – 17 January 1706) was an English gentleman and landowner at Whitehaven.

He was born at Whitehaven, St Bees, Cumberland, the son of Sir Christopher Lowther, Bart, and his wife, Frances, daughter of Christopher Lancaster of Stockbridge, Westmoreland and educated at Ilkley, Yorkshire and Balliol College, Oxford (matriculated 1657) [1]

He married Jane Leigh and had three children:[2]

Lowther owned large coal estates near Whitehaven, and worked to develop the mines and the port. He oversaw the growth of Whitehaven from a small fishing village to a planned town for the colliery workers. He disinherited his elder son, Christopher, as a spendthrift, and left his estates to his younger son, James.[4]

He served as Member of Parliament for Cumberland from 1665 to 1701, and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1689 to 1696.

He died at Whitehaven and was buried at St Bees.

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  1. ^ http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=%28Surname=%27lowther%27%29&dsqPos=4
  2. ^ "Lowther pedigree 2". Retrieved 2007-01-02.
  3. ^ Beckett, J.V. (1980). "The Disinheritance of Sir Christopher Lowther in 1701". Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. 80: 131–136.
  4. ^ Beckett, J. V. (2004). "Lowther, Sir James, fourth baronet (bap. 1673, d. 1755)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. ((cite book)): |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
Parliament of England Preceded bySir Patricius Curwen, BtSir George Fletcher, Bt Member of Parliament for Cumberlandwith Sir George Fletcher, Bt 1665–1679, 1681–1685, 1689–1701Richard Lamplugh 1679Viscount Morpeth 1679–1681The Viscount Preston 1685–1689 1665–1701 Succeeded byRichard MusgraveGilfrid Lawson Baronetage of England Preceded byChristopher Lowther Baronet(of Whitehaven) 1644–1706 Succeeded byChristopher Lowther
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