NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lonsdale, William Lowther, Earl of, 1787-1872 NRA: Lowther William (1787-1872) 2nd Earl of Lonsdale statesman DNB: Lowther, William, second earl of Lonsdale (1787–1872), politician LBT ID: LdLonsd2 VIAF ID: 8938358 LOC ID: n88142791 | B/BAP: 1787-07-30 DIED: 1872-03-04 |
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The son of the first earl (d. 1844); educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge,
he was a Tory MP for Cockermouth (1808-13), and Westmorland (1813–31, 1832-41). | |