Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Lowe, Robert
Lowe, Robert, 2s. Robert, of Bingham, Notts, cler. University Coll., matric. 16 June, 1829, aged 17, B.A. 1833; fellow Magdalen Coll. 1835-6, M.A. 1836, created D.C.L. 22 June, 1870, LL.D. Edinburgh 1867, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1842, M.P. Kidderminster 1852-9, Calne 1859-68, London University 1868-80, chancellor of the Exchequer 1868-73, Home secretary 1873-4, privy councillor, created Viscount Sherbrooke 25 May, 1880, G.C.B. 30 June, 1885. See Foster's Peerage & Men at the Bar.