1895 JAMES LOWTHER, Politician, CARLTON CLUB & 59 GROSVENOR STREET

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1895 JAMES LOWTHER, Politician, CARLTON CLUB & 59 GROSVENOR STREET
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1895 JAMES Lowther, Politician, CARLTON CLUB & 59 GROSVENOR SQ letter to Mr Little.
James
Lowther PC, PC (Ire), DL, JP (1 December 1840 – 12 September 1904) was a British Conservative politician and sportsman.
Background and education Born at Swillington, Yorkshire, Lowther was the younger son of Sir Charles Lowther, 3rd Baronet, of Swillington and Isabella Morehead. He was educated at Westminster School and took a BA from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1863, and an MA in 1866.[1] He was also admitted as a barrister of the Inner Temple on 17 October 1864, but never practised law.
Political career
Lowther first entered Parliament in 1865, as Member of Parliament for York. His maiden speech was against the Reform Bill of 1866, the failure of which brought down the ministry of Lord Russell. He also vehemently opposed the Reform Act 1867, brought forward by Disraeli and Lord Derby, but Disraeli nonetheless appointed him Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board the same year. He was a strong voice in the opposition to Gladstone, particularly to the Irish Land Bill of 1870.[2] With the return to power of Disraeli in 1874, he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. In 1878, he was further advanced to become Chief Secretary for Ireland and sworn of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and of Ireland. However, he was beset with difficulties during his tenure in the secretaryship. His opposition to the Land Bill was held against him, and he treated with contempt the agitation of the Land League, which would soon break out in the Land War. He went out of office with Disraeli's government in 1880, and lost his seat at York as well.
] Lowther cultivated many interests outside politics, and had time to cultivate them while attempting to return to Parliament. He served on several public bodies in Yorkshire and County Durham, he began to breed racehorses in 1873, and regularly ran them at races in the north of England.[3] However, he did not bet on them, and was highly scrupulous in his conduct, becoming a member of the Jockey Club in 1877.
While Lowther was defeated at a by-election in Cumberland East in February 1881, he successfully captured North Lincolnshire in September of that year. Upon his return to the House of Commons, he became known for his arch-conservatism and protectionism. Upon the abolition of the North Lincolnshire constituency in 1885, he stood for Louth, but was defeated, and again in 1886 in Eskdale. He re-entered the house in 1888 at a by-election for the Isle of Thanet. Despite his uncompromising views, he enjoyed general popularity in the House of Commons, and had an excellent command of parliamentary procedure.[2] However, by 1903, he had been forced to give over active Parliamentary work, and sold off his racehorses.
Lowther estates
In 1882, Lowther's third cousin once removed, Hugh Lowther, succeeded as Earl of Lonsdale and to the Lowther estates, of which James was senior trustee. Lonsdale's habits were extravagant, and James was to have great difficulty in restraining his spending, which would ultimately ruin the estate. James himself inherited Wilton Castle upon his father's death in 1894, and took great interest in managing the estate.
Personal life
He died at Wilton on 12 September 1904, and left the castle to his nephew Colonel John George Lowther
No. 59 No. 59 GROSVENOR STREET was built under a sub-lease granted in 1725 to David Audsley, plasterer, by Thomas Barlow, the estate surveyor, who was also the head lessee and developer of this stretch of Grosvenor Street. (fn. 88) In 1905 the house was described as 'very old fashioned', (fn. The builder was C. P. Roberts of St. Paul's Road.
The house now has four main storeys and garrets, but the fourth storey was added in 1909–10 (fn. 91) and the original three storeys are marked by rusticated brick pilaster strips at the sides, a plain cornice and elaborate stone or stucco embellishments. These include a Doric portico with a balcony above, individual balconettes with ornate iron railings in front of the first-floor Windows, and wide architraves to the Windows with triple keystones on the first and second floors and pediments above those of the first floor: the Windows were originally segmental-headed. All of these particularly attractive features were added by White Allom in 1910 with the exception of the portico (which was erected in 1869 to the designs of Mayhew and Knight and enclosed in 1910), and it is surprising that on the fourth storey, which was then being built, the Windows do not have dressings (although this also happened at No. 25 Grosvenor Square, see page 142).
¶In 1906 Eustace Balfour, the estate surveyor, stated that the 'covered main staircase … must not be removed without permission', and the Board was later informed that Lambton 'likes the staircase'. (fn. 93) The result is the survival of the fine staircase compartment at the front of the house, probably with little alteration but much restoration. It consists of a double-storey hall with the staircase rising around three sides to a gallery at first-floor level in a manner common to many early-Georgian houses. The wooden staircase itself is also of a familiar type with carved step-ends, three turned and twisted balusters per tread, fluted newel columns and a moulded handrail ramped over the newels and voluted at the bottom, with a corresponding dado-rail and fluted pilasters on the wall side (Plate 9d in vol. XXXIX). Above the staircase is a richly ornamented plaster ceiling which has a deep cornice with modillions and rosettes, irregular panels with moulded frames and a large, plain central compartment within a wide border enriched with a band of oak leaves.
There are two secondary staircases, one starting from first-floor level, and both of 1909–10, but elsewhere it is difficult to disentangle Georgian features from skilful Edwardian additions. Many of the cornices and no doubt much of the panelling which is found throughout are of the later period, as are several of the fireplaces, although in the ground-floor front room the chimneypiece may consist of a Georgian marble fireplace with a later overmantel.
Among the Edwardian alterations was the rebuilding of the mews building at the rear. The Board did not want any new stabling there and 'not even a garage', and so instead Lambton built a racquets court with bedrooms above. (fn. 94) White Allom housed them in a building of much character, with rusticated brick pilasters, a bull's-eye window, a prominent eaves cornice and a tiled roof, linked to the main house by a corridor with a glazed arcade treated in an equally Baroque manner.
Occupants include: Sir Robert Rich, 4th bt., later field marshal, 1726–42. 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, 1744–62: his wid., 1762–78. Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd bt., 1780–7. Sir Henry Dashwood of Kirtlington, 3rd bt., 1788–9. John Weyland, either the writer on the poor laws or his father, 1799–1825. Lord William Bentinck, Governor General of India, 1826–31. 2nd Earl of Charlemont, 1832–5 (later at No. 49). Lord William Bentinck, 1835–9: his wid., 1841–3: her nephew, Viscount Acheson, latterly 3rd Earl of Gosford, 1843–64: his wid., and his son, 4th Earl, 1864–8.
Sir Charles Lowther, 3rd bt., 1869–94: his younger son, James Lowther, politician, 1869–1904.
Ralph Lambton, 1909–14. Baron Maurice de Forest, politician, 1915–24.
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1895 JAMES Lowther, Politician, CARLTON CLUB & 59 GROSVENOR SQ letter to Mr Little. James Lowther PC, PC (Ire), DL, JP (1 December 1840 – 12 September 1904) was a British Conservative politician and sportsman. Background and education Born at Swillington, Yorkshire, Lowther was the younger son of Sir Charles Lowther, 3rd Baronet, of Swillington and Isabella Morehead. He was educated at Westminster School and took a BA from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1863, and an MA in 1866.[1] He was also admitted as a barrister of the Inner Temple on 17 October 1864, but never practised law.Political careerLowther first entered Parliament in 1865, as Member of Parliament for York. His maiden speech was against the Reform Bill of 1866, the failure of which brought down the ministry of Lord Russell. He
Club Name
CARLTON CLUB
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politicians
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Country
England
Family Surname
Lowther
City/Town/Village/Place
London
England County
Middlesex
Era
1891-1900
Document Type
Manuscript Letter
Year of Issue
1895
Street Location
59 GROSVENOR STREET