Tory peer and patron of William Wordsworth; he was created earl of Lonsdale in 1807.

REFERENCES TO William Lowther, first earl of Lonsdale:

Robert Southey to Walter Scott, 6 August 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 17 May 1812 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 13 August 1812 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Samuel Rogers to Richard Sharp, [18 August 1812.] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Samuel Rogers to Henry Rogers, 20 August 1812 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Samuel Rogers to Richard Sharp, [25 August 1812.] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Byron to William Bankes, 28 September 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May?] 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to John Whishaw, 13 April 1818 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynn, 22 July 1819 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 9 October 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to Georgiana Meynell Ingram, 12 February 1821 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, [16 September 1822] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 19 February 1825 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Robert Southey, “Memoir: Westminster School,” 16 March 1825 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Bishop Samuel Butler to Francis Hodgson, [July? 1826] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 12 September 1826 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Sir George Beaumont to Samuel Rogers, 13 November 1826 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 27 August 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 28 August 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [January] 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 5 June [1830] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, [30 July 1830] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 19 October [1830] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Robert Plumer Ward to Peter George Patmore, 20 December 1831 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854)

Robert Southey to Neville White, 19 August 1832 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 28 September [1835] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 29 September 1835 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Plumer Ward to Peter George Patmore, 6 March 1839 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854)

John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson, 9 May 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)