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Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet (8 June 1663 – 6 March 1729) was an English landowner from Swillington, West Yorkshire, and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was the eldest son of Sir William Lowther by his wife, Catherine Harrison.〔Cokayne, George Edward (1906) ''(Complete Baronetage )''. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 25〕 He was educated in Yorkshire at Barwick-in-Elmet School, before being admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge, on 17 May 1681. Eighteen months later, on 14 December 1682, he was admitted to Gray's Inn, one of the professional bodies for English lawyers.〔〔 In 1691, he married Hon. Amabella Maynard (d. 1734), daughter of Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard, and had five children: *Sir William Lowther, 2nd Baronet (c. 1694 – 1763) *Henry Lowther, MD, of Newcastle (d. 1743) *John Lowther, governor of Surat, no issue and two daughters, Amabella and Jane, who both died unmarried.〔Burke, John; Burke, Bernard Burke (1844) ''(A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland )'', p. 329〕 He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1697-8,〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire )〕 and was returned to the Parliament of England and the later Parliament of Great Britain for Pontefract over seven parliamentary sessions from 1701 to 1710 and from 1716 until his death. He was created a baronet on 6 January 1715.〔〔 He died on 6 March 1729, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William. Amabella, Lady Lowther, died on 8 August 1734.〔 ==Arms== His coat of arms was: Or six annulets Sable, arranged as three, two and one.〔 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 William Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Swillington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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