John Lowther, 2nd Baronet ( 1642 - ? 1706 )

Baptism: Whitehaven, St Bees, Cumberland, England, Europe (20 November 1642) Death: Whitehaven, St Bees, Cumberland, England, Europe (January 1706) Burial: St Bees, Cumberland, England, Europe (17 January 1706) Education: School in Ilkley, Yorkshire; Balliol College, Oxford (matriculated 1657) Career: Deputy-Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmoreland (1660-death); Commissioner for Assessment for Cumberland and Westmoreland (1660-1680, 1689-1690), Middlesex (1673-1679); Captain of Foot in the Militia (1661-1685); MP for Cumberland (1665-1699); planned and developed the town of Whitehaven (the first planned town since the middle ages); invested in trading voyages to Virginia and the Baltic; Shareholder in the Royal African Company (1672); Commissioner for Recusants in Cumberland (1675); Vice-Admiral of Cumberland and Westmoreland (1686-1702); Lord of the Admiralty (1689-1696); Commissioner for Greenwich Hospital (1694) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 27/01/1664 Proposers: Daniel Whistler Council: 1664, 1667-1668, 1670, 1672-1674, 1676-1678, 1680-1682, 1686, 1691 Committee appointments include: Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) Committee for soliciting Fellows to contribute to the building of a Society college (1668) Other RSActivity: Proposed on 20 January 1664 and admitted on the same day he was elected.