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James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (August 5, 1736–May 24, 1802) was the son of Robert Lowther and Catherine Pennington. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1802 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
He married Mary Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart on 7 September1761. John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (May 25, 1713 - March 10, 1792), was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762-1763) under George III. A close relative of the Campbell clan (his mother was a daughter of the First Duke of Argyll), Bute succeeded to... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The titles of Viscount Lonsdale and Baron Lowther, in the Peerage of England, were conferred upon Sir John Lowther, of Lowther, 2nd Baronet, in 1696.
Sir William duly succeeded to the Barony and Viscountcy of Lowther in 1802, and in 1807 was created Earl of Lonsdale, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The present Earl is therefore 8th Earl of Lonsdale (UK, 1807), 9th Viscount Lowther (GB, 1797), 9th Baron Lowther (GB, 1797), and 9th Baronet (GB, 1764).
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