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Lancelot Edward Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, OBE, DL (25 June 1867 – 11 March 1953) was an English peer, the fourth and youngest son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale. ==Biography== Lowther was educated at Malvern College〔(Lowther, Hon. Lancelot Edward. ) The ''Malvern register, 1865-1904'' (1905). p. 181.〕 and Magdalene College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a member of the University Pitt Club. On 13 October 1886 Lowther was made lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Border Regiment (The Royal Cumberland Militia).〔The ''London Gazette'', issue 25638, 29 October 1886〕 Soon thereafter, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the counties his family had traditionally dominated, Cumberland (21 November 1891〔The ''London Gazette'', issue 26225, 20 November 1891〕) and Westmorland (26 January 1892〔The ''London Gazette'', issue 26250, 26 January 1892〕). In keeping with the family tradition, he enjoyed sports and, by 1905, was a Master of the Drag (drag hunting) and the Deputy Master of the Quorn.〔The ''Malvern register, 1865-1904'' (1905)〕 During World War I, he served in the Middle East, and after the war received the OBE (3 June 1919〔The ''London Gazette'', issue 31684, 9 December 1919〕) and the Order of the Nile, 4th Class (16 January 1920〔The ''London Gazette'', issue 31736, 13 January 1920〕). On 3 June 1922, the aging Lowther, now 55, resigned his deputy lieutenancy of Westmorland.〔The ''London Gazette'', issue 32719, 13 June 1922〕 In 1944, he finally succeeded to the Earldom of Lonsdale on the death of his childless brother, Hugh. Hugh's free-spending, sporting life had largely wrecked the estate, and he was forced to auction off the contents of Lowther Castle in 1947. This proved to be the largest English country house sale of the 20th Century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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