LONSDALE — LORN. 141 Forests, 1S2S-30; P.C., 1828; Vice Pres. of the Board of Trade, 1831-35, and Treasurer of the Navy, 1831-35. He was sura. 8 Sep. 1841, to the House of Lords, v.p., iu his fathers Barony as BARON LOWTHER OF WHITEHAVEN ; Post Master Gen., 1841-15 ; sue. to the Earldom of Lonsdale, 19 March 1S44 ; Lord Lieut, of Cumberland and Westmorland, 1811-08 ; Loud President ok the Council, Feb. to Dec. 1852 ; F.R.S., &c. He d. num. 4 March 1S72, aged 84, at 14, Carlton House Terrace. Personalty under .£700,000. IV 1872. 3. Henry (LowrnEn), Earl of Lonsdale, &c, nephew and h., being p. and h. of the Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther, by Lucy Eleanor, da. of Philip (Shkrard), 5th E.uiL ok HARBOiioufiH, which Henry Cecil was next br. to the late Earl and d. 6 Dec. 18b7, aged 77- He was 6, 27 March ISIS ; ed. at Westminster and at Triu. Coll., Cambridge ; M.A., 1838 ; sometime, 1841-52, an officer in the 1st Life Guards, retiring as Capt. ; was M.P. for West Cumber- land, 1817, till he sue. to the peerage, in 1S72. Lord Lieut, of Cumberland and Westmorland, ISO'S ; Lieut. Col. of the Westmorland Yeomanry, 1872-76. He wt., 31 July 1S52, Emily Susan, da. of St. George Francis Caulkeild, of Dominion Castle, co. Roscommon, by Susannah Anne, sister of Edward, Baron Crokton of Mote [1.], 1st da. of Sir Edward Chokton, 3d Hart. [I.], by Charlotte, da. of John (STEWART), 7th Earl ok Galloway [S.] He d. 15 Aug. 1876, aged 58, at White- haven Castle. His widow living 1892. Y. 1870. .j. St. Georoe Henry ( Lowther), Karl op Lonsdale, &c., s. and h., b. 1 Oct. 1S55, at Wilton Crescent; ed. at Eton: stilled Viscount Lowther, from 1S72 till he sue. to the peerage in 1876. Hon. Col. of the Cumberland Militia, 1S77. He m. 6 July 1S7S, at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Constance Gladys, sister to George Robert Charles, 13th E.uir, ok Pembroke, 3d and yst. da. of Sidney (HERBERT) 1st Baron Herbert ok Lea, by Mary Elizabeth, da. of Liout.-Geii. Charles Ashe A'Court-Rf.kington. He d. s.p.m. at 14, Carlton House Terrace, 8 I'eb. 18S2 aged 20. His widow, who was b. 24 April 1S59 and who had royal warrant, 30 May 18(32 of the precedency of the da. of an Earl, in. 7 May 18S5, at St. Martins in the fields, Frederick Oliver Robinson, styled Earl de Gukv and was living 1892. VI. 1882. 5. Hufiii Cecil (Lowther), Kahl of Lonsdale [1807], VlSCOUHT and Baron Lowther ok Whitehaven [1797] also a Baronet [1704] br. and h. male ; b. 25 Jan. 1857, at Dominion Castle afsd. ; ed. at Eton; sue. to the peerage, 8 Feb, 1882; Hon. Col. 3.1. hatt, Border Reg. of Militia. He »i. 27 June 187S, at Orton Longiieville, co. Huntingdon, Grace Cecilia, 3d da. ol Charles (Gordon), 10th Marquess ok Hunti.y [S], by Elizabeth Henrietta, da. of Henry (Convngham), 1st Marquess Convnuuam [1]. She was b. 15 Oct. 1854. Family Estates — "These, in 1SS3, consisted of 39,229 acres in Westmorland, 2S,22S in Cumberland, 493 in Rutland and 1 15 in Lancashire. Total 68,065 acres, worth £71,333 a year. Prineipal Residences ; Lowther Castle, near Penrith, co. Westmorland, and Whitehaven Castle, co. Cumberland. LORN, afterward* INNERMEATII. 1. Sir Robert Stewart, of Lorn and Inner in oath, 1st s. ami h.( !l ) of Sir John Stewart, of Innerineath, sue. his father between 1412 and 1420, who had acquired the great Barony of Lorn in Argyllshire, by the surrender, in April 1388, of his brother f*) His yr. br. Sir James Stewart, " the Black Knight of Lorn," was (by Joanna, the Queeu Dowager [S.]) father of John Stewart, or. Earl of Athole [S.] about 1457, a di"iiity which became extinct iu 1595 (on the death of his descendant, the 5th Earl) but which was regrauted iu 1596 to John (Stewart), Lord Innerineath [S.], as men- tioned in the text. Barony [S.] I. 11391
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