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The title of Earl of Lonsdale has been created twice - first in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 (becoming extinct in 1802), and then in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1807, both times for members of the Lowther family.The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Lowther ( 1797) and Baron Lowther ( 1797), both in the Peerage of Great Britain, and is a baronet of Great Britain ( 1764).
1 Earls of Lonsdale, First Creation ( 1784)
- James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale ( 1736- 1802)
2 Earls of Lonsdale, Second Creation ( 1807)
- William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale ( 1757- 1844)
- William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale ( 1787- 1872)
- Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale ( 1818- 1876Events January events January 31 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. February events February 2 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. February 14 Alexander Graham Bell a)
- George Henry Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale ( 1855Events Births January 5 King Camp Gillette, inventor († 1932) January 21 John Moses Browning, inventor († 1926) January 28 William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the calculator († 1898) March 13 Percival Lowell, astronomer († 19- 1882Events February 2 The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. March 2 Robert Maclean fails to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor Mar)
- Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of LonsdaleHugh Cecil Lowther, 5nd Earl of Lonsdale ( 1857 1944), was an English nobleman. He succeeded his brother, George Henry. He was an avid sportsman and bon vivant and was known by some as "England's greatest sporting gentleman". He donated the original Lonsd ( 1857Events January 9 Earthquake at Fort Tejon, California with an estimated magnitude of 7. 9 February 16 The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, DC becoming the first school for the advanced education- 1944)
- Lancelot Edward Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale ( 1867- 1953)
- James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (b. 1922)
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