Robert Lowther (13 December 1681 – September 1745) was an English landowner, holding the estate of Maulds Meaburn, and colonial governor. He was the eldest son of Richard Lowther and Barbara Prickett.

From 1711 to 1714 and 1715 to 1720, he served as Governor of Barbados. The Privy Council met in Whitehall to hear several complaints against Lowther on 4, 5, 12, 18 and 25 October 1720. At their meeting on the 25th the Council ordered a warrant to be issued for Lowther's arrest for 'Crimes and Misdemeanours Committed by him in the said Island, which were fully proved before Their Excellencies in the council, and several other Complaints having been made to this Board against him, Their Excellencies Judged it incumbent on them to take care that Crimes so Heinous should not Escape the punishment due to them by Law'.^[1]

On 22 June 1731, he married his cousin Katherine Pennington, daughter of Sir Joseph Pennington, 2nd Baronet. They had five children:

James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1736–1802)
Margaret Lowther (1728 – 10 September 1800), married on 19 March 1757 Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington
Katherine Lowther (d. 21 March 1809), married on 8 April 1765 Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton
Robert Lowther (1741–1777)
Barbara Lowther, died unmarried

References

^ Barbados. Privy Council Register, Volume 3, 1720 (Reference: PC 2/97). pp.22-24.

Parliament of England Preceded byHenry Graham William Fleming Member of Parliament for Westmorland 1705–1707 With: Henry Graham Succeeded byParliament of Great Britain Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byParliament of England Member of Parliament for Westmorland 1705–1708 With: Michael Fleming 1707–1708 Succeeded byJames Grahme Daniel Wilson Military offices Preceded byJames Lowther Storekeeper of the Ordnance 1708–1710 Succeeded byEdward Ashe Political offices Preceded byGeorge Lillingtonacting Governor of Barbados 1711–1714 Succeeded byWilliam Sharpeacting Preceded bygovernoracting Governor of Barbados 1715–1720 Succeeded byJohn Frereacting

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Barbados and the Windward Islands (1833–1885)	Lionel Smith Evan MacGregor Charles Henry Darling Charles Grey William Reid William Colebrooke Francis Hincks James Walker Rawson W. Rawson Sanford Freeling^* John Hennessy George Strahan D. J. Gamble^* William Robinson
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^* Served as Acting Governor of Barbados.