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Lowther Collection

Background imageLowther Collection: Lowther Street, Whitehaven early 1900's

Lowther Street, Whitehaven early 1900's

Background imageLowther Collection: Whitehaven Lowther Street early 1900s

Whitehaven Lowther Street early 1900s

Background imageLowther Collection: Portrait of Augusta Lowther, Lady Lonsdale

Portrait of Augusta Lowther, Lady Lonsdale
Portrait of Lady Augusta Lowther, Countess of Fane, wife of the 1st Earl of Lonsdale. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G

Background imageLowther Collection: Portrait of Mary Isabella Bloxam as a young woman

Portrait of Mary Isabella Bloxam as a young woman, niece to Sir Thomas Lawrence. With her hair up and curled, in an off-the-shoulder dress

Background imageLowther Collection: The Chetwynd and Durham turf libel case, 1889 The Chetwynd

The Chetwynd and Durham turf libel case, 1889 The Chetwynd
The Chetwynd and Durham turf libel case, sketches in court. Sir George Chetwynd; Earl of Durham; James Lowther, Prince Soltykoff and Earl of March, arbitrators; C

Background imageLowther Collection: Rear-Admiral W L Grant, British naval officer

Rear-Admiral W L Grant, British naval officer
Rear-Admiral William Lowther Grant (1864-1929), British naval officer in charge of HMS Drake at the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Background imageLowther Collection: Interior of Lowther Arcade, Strand, London

Interior of Lowther Arcade, Strand, London - demolished in 1902 (in order to build Coutts Bank). Showing Harrison Jeweller & Silversmith. Date: circa 1830s

Background imageLowther Collection: Grace Cecile Lowther, Countess of Lonsdale

Grace Cecile Lowther, Countess of Lonsdale
Grace Cecile Lowther (nÚÑáGordon), Countess of Lonsdale (1854-1941), wife of the 5th Earl of Lonsdale. 19th century

Background imageLowther Collection: Lowther Castle, Cumberland, home for WW2 evacuees

Lowther Castle, Cumberland, home for WW2 evacuees
Lowther Castle, Cumberland, home of Lord Lonsdsale, requisitioned as a home for WW2 evacuees, 2 September 1940. 1940

Background imageLowther Collection: Mr Monck Masons Aerial Machine

Mr Monck Masons Aerial Machine
The Model of Mr Monck Masons Aerial Machine now exhibiting at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade, Strand Date: 1843

Background imageLowther Collection: Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria

Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLowther Collection: Lady Anne Beckett

Lady Anne Beckett
LADY ANNE BECKETT (nee Lowther) wife of sir John Beckett Date: ? - 1871

Background imageLowther Collection: Caricature, James (Jimmy) Lowther

Caricature, James (Jimmy) Lowther (1840-1904), Conservative politician and sportsman -- Slightly ossy [horsey], and very Tory! 1884

Background imageLowther Collection: May Toupie Lowther, tennis player and fencer

May Toupie Lowther, tennis player and fencer
May " Toupie" Lowther (also Toup饠 Lowther, English tennis player and fencer active during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century)

Background imageLowther Collection: Lady Eleanor Clifton

Lady Eleanor Clifton
Lady ELEANOR CECILY CLIFTON, nee Lowther, wife of J Talbot Clifton, looking splendidly like a romantic heroine... Date: ? - 1894

Background imageLowther Collection: James William Lowther

James William Lowther
JAMES WILLIAM LOWTHER first viscount Ullswater statesman, speaker of the House of Commons, in his ceremonial robes Date: 1855 - 1949

Background imageLowther Collection: James Lowther Mp

James Lowther Mp
JAMES LOWTHER Politician and sportsman, riding his horse Date: 1840 - 1904

Background imageLowther Collection: Hugh Cecil Lowther

Hugh Cecil Lowther
HUGH CECIL LOWTHER 3rd EARL OF LONSDALE Sportsman and horse expert: " The horse has no better friend." Date: 1857 - 1944

Background imageLowther Collection: Lord Lonsdale

Lord Lonsdale
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, KG, GCVO (25 January 1857 13 April 1944) English nobleman and sportsman. An avid sports enthusiast and bon vivant

Background imageLowther Collection: William Lowther

William Lowther (1821 1912), British diplomat and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1892. Caption: Westmorland. Date: 1881

Background imageLowther Collection: Miniature - Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, MC

Miniature - Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, MC
Miniature portrait of Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, M.C. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. Born 1884, died 1920. Captured on the 17th May 1915 (Battle of Festubert) commanding F Company

Background imageLowther Collection: Hugh Cecil Lowther - 5th Earl of Lonsdale

Hugh Cecil Lowther - 5th Earl of Lonsdale
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (18571944) - English nobleman and sportsman. Date: 1926

Background imageLowther Collection: Lowther Arcade Demolish

Lowther Arcade Demolish
Demolition of the popular arcade, famous for its toys, off the Strand : it will be replaced by a branch of Coutts Bank. Date: 1902

Background imageLowther Collection: James Lowther

James Lowther
JAMES LOWTHER Statesman and racehorse owner Date: 1840 - 1904

Background imageLowther Collection: William 1st E. Lonsdale

William 1st E. Lonsdale
WILLIAM LOWTHER, first earl of LONSDALE statesman Date: 1757 - 1844

Background imageLowther Collection: Lowther Junior High School, Emporia, Kansas, USA

Lowther Junior High School, Emporia, Kansas, USA Date: circa 1920s

Background imageLowther Collection: Lord Lonsdale kicks off jockey football match, London

Lord Lonsdale kicks off jockey football match, London
A novel football match played at Fulham, London, between a team composed of the leading Flat Race Jockeys and thirteen popular notabilities including leaders in many branches of sport

Background imageLowther Collection: The Earl of Lonsdale at Bertram Mills Circus, 1935

The Earl of Lonsdale at Bertram Mills Circus, 1935
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857 - 1944), English nobleman. The second son of the 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, he succeeded his brother, the 4th Earl, in 1882

Background imageLowther Collection: Scout Patrol Leader Willie Chun signing autographs

Scout Patrol Leader Willie Chun signing autographs
Willie Chun, whos 12 years old and an American of Korean parentage, is a Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop 90 in Hollywood. Willie had a special showing of the new Robert L

Background imageLowther Collection: Around the world in an iron mask

Around the world in an iron mask
An extraordinary postcard of a man who for a wager of 21, 000 pounds, walked around the world. Harry Bensley alledged to have pushed his perambulator all around the globe wearing this mask

Background imageLowther Collection: 3rd Earl Lonsdale

3rd Earl Lonsdale
HUGH CECIL LOWTHER of LONSDALE, sportsman, huntsman, yachtsman, and so on

Background imageLowther Collection: Lowther Arcade C19

Lowther Arcade C19
Ladies and their children stop to examine the toys on sale in the Lowther Arcade, London

Background imageLowther Collection: Scotland / Lowther Hills

Scotland / Lowther Hills
Source of the Clyde in the Lowther Hills

Background imageLowther Collection: Toys & Lowther Arcade

Toys & Lowther Arcade
Various toys adorn the border, framing a poem on Lowther Arcade


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