James William Lowther
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Ullswater GCB PC JP DL |
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| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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In office 1905–1921 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
| Preceded by | Sir William Gully |
| Succeeded by | J. H. Whitley |
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| Born | 1 April 1855 |
| Died | 27 March 1949 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Beresford-Hope (d. 1944) |
| Alma mater |
King's College London Trinity College, Cambridge |
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater GCB PC JP DL (1 April 1855 – 27 March 1949) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921.
The son of Hon. William Lowther, a grandson of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale and for 25 years Member of Parliament for Westmorland, and Alice, 3rd daughter of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale, Lowther was educated at Eton College, King's College London where he took an Associateship degree, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied classics and law. Lowther became a barrister in 1879, eventually becoming a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1906.
He was Member of Parliament for Rutland in 1883; contested Mid Cumberland in 1885; and sat for Penrith from 1886–1921. He was appointed 4th Charity Commissioner in 1887, and held junior ministerial office as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1891–1892. He was Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker from 1895–1905 and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1905–1921.
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