Colonel Sir John Luke Lowther KCVO CBE (17 November 1923 – 11 April 2011) was a British soldier and Northamptonshire gentleman.

Family

Lowther was the son of Col. John George Lowther, who in turn was a younger brother of Sir Charles Lowther, 4th Baronet.

He married Jennifer Jane Bevan in 1952, by whom he had three children:[1]

Career

Lowther was commissioned a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 6 March 1943.[2]

Lowther stood as Conservative candidate for Belper in the general elections of 1964 and 1966, but on both occasions was defeated by the incumbent MP, George Brown.[3]

In 1971, Lowther was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.[4] He received a deputy lieutenant's commission in 1977,[5] and in 1984, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county. While serving as Lord Lieutenant in 1986, he became Honorary Colonel of the Royal Anglian Regiment, Northampton Territorial Army battalion,[6] an appointment he held until 1989, following which he received the honorary rank of colonel.[7]

He was made a KCVO in the 1997 New Year Honours, and stepped down as Lord Lieutenant in 1998.

References

  1. ^ Times obituary
  2. ^ "No. 35972". The London Gazette. 9 March 1943. p. 1632.
  3. ^ "Sir John Lowther". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019.
  4. ^ "No. 45321". The London Gazette. 12 March 1971. p. 2158.
  5. ^ "No. 47229". The London Gazette. 2 June 1977. p. 7145.
  6. ^ "No. 50527". The London Gazette. 23 May 1986. p. 7090.
  7. ^ "No. 51942". The London Gazette. 20 November 1989. p. 13430.
Honorary titles Preceded bySir Edward Ford High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1971 Succeeded byJames Macdonald-Buchanan Preceded byJohn Walkelyne Chandos-Pole Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire 1984–1998 Succeeded byLady Juliet Townsend
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