Draft:Richard Lowther (1692-1721)
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Capt Richard Lowther was born in 1692 in Maulds Meaburn, Westmorland, to Barbara Prickett, and Sir Richard Lowther. He was the second son of Sir Richard Lowther and the younger brother of Sir Robert Lowther MP, the former Governor of Barbados.[1]
Richard married Mary Pye, and had one daughter, also named Mary.[2]
Richard Lowther died in Bristol, England in 1721 at the age of 29.[3]