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Sir Charles Hugh Lowther, 3rd Baronet (26 September 1803 – 6 November 1894) was an English landowner, the third son of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet and Lady Elizabeth Fane. Lowther was blind from infancy due to an attack of scarlet fever.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dr. Moon Page )〕 His mother imported the first embossed books in England for his benefit in 1821.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Reading by Touch )〕 On 10 May 1834, he married Isabella Morehead (died 2 July 1887). They had two sons: *George William Lowther (28 March 1837 – 6 February 1890) *James Lowther (1840–1904), who inherited Wilton Castle from his father. Lowther was a benefactor of William Moon, funding the construction of his workroom in 1856 and donating to the Moon Society, which distributed literature for the blind in Moon type.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History of the Moon Society ) 〕 He inherited the family baronetcy from his brother in 1868. Dying in 1894 at the age of ninety, Lowther was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, Charles Bingham Lowther. Sir Charles' coach can be seen in the carriage collection at Shibden Hall, Halifax. ==References== * 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「Sir Charles Lowther, 3rd Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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