William Lowndes

(1792 c.-1850)

LBT ID: WiLownd1850	B/BAP: 1792 DIED: 1850-03-31
SOURCES: Chetham Society, Remains, Historical and Literary 73 (1868) 242-43; Alumni Oxonienses
The son of Richard Lowndes of Liverpool (d. 1801); educated at Manchester School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was a barrister, Queen's Counsel, and book collector acquainted with Samuel Parr and William Roscoe.
REFERENCES TO William Lowndes: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch X. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 6 Ch XXIV. Found 1: ¶ 11 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XVII. 1820-1823 Found 2: ¶ 18 ¶ 30