*** Welcome to piglix ***

Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale


Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale (27 March 1818 – 15 August 1876) was a British nobleman and Conservative politician, the eldest son of Hon Henry Cecil Lowther and Lady Lucy Sherard. His paternal grandfather was William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale and his maternal grandfather was Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough.

He married Emily Susan Caulfeild on 31 July 1852. They had six children:

In 1868, he succeeded his uncle William in his Lord Lieutenancies, and in 1872 as Earl of Lonsdale.

In 1870, he became Master of the Cottesmore Hunt.


...
Wikipedia

...