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HERALDRY. 
Armorial Bearincs. —See theannexed Engraving. 
Motto.— De bon vouloir fervir le roi. —“ With good 
will 1 ferve the king,” 
LOWTHER, EARL OF LONSDALE. 
WILLIAM LOWTHER, Viscount and Baron 
LOWTHER, Earl of LONSDALE, and a Baronet; 
Knight of the Garter, Lord Lieutenant of the counties 
of Cumberland and Weftmoreland, Recorder of Carlifle, 
and a Colonel in the Army ; born December 29, 1757 ; 
fttcceeded to tire titles of vifcount and baron Lowther 
on the death of James earl of Lonfdale, May 1802, 
agreeable to the patent of limitation, Odtober 10, 1797; 
married, July iz, 1781, lady Augufta Fane, filler to John 
earl of Weftmoreland, and had iffue Augufta, who died 
in 1789; Elizabeth, born September 1, 1784; Mary, 
born Odtober 28, 1785; William, vifcount Lowther, heir 
apparent, bon, July 30, 1787 ; Anne, born December 14, 
1788; Henry-Cecil, born July 27, Caroline, born 
February 17, 1792. 
The family of Lowther was of diftinguifhed eminence 
in England long before the Norman conqueft ; and has 
been varioully written Lauder, Loader, Lothaire, &c. 
It produced one vifcount, and three baronets, all living 
at the fame tinie in the reign of George II. Sir Hugh 
de Lowther was attorney-general to Edward I. in 1292 ; 
and had iITLie, r. Sir Hugh ; 2. Thomas, appointed one 
of the indices of the court of king’s bench, December 5, 
1330. Sir Richard, eighth in defcent from fir Hugh, had 
Mary queen of Scots committed to his cuflody, in 156S. 
He had ifi'ue, 1. Sir Chriltopher ; 2. Sir Gerard, who 
was lord chief juftice of the court of common pleas of 
the kingdom of Ireland, one of the lords juftjces for the 
adminillration of that kingdom, and in 1654, lord high 
chancellor of the kingdom of Ireland. He had iflue, 1. 
Sir John ; 2. William, father of Richard, mailer of the 
ordnance to Charles I. 3. Robert, grandfather of Wil¬ 
liam, who was created a baronet by William III. June 
15, 1697. William, third baronet, his grandfon, claimed 
the title of baron Sandys of the Vine,.in the county of 
Southampton, in fight of his grandmother Margery, 
daughter of Thomas Sandys lord Sandys. Upon his 
death, February 3, 1753, th'e title of baronet became ex- 
ti-ntft. Sir John had iffue, 1. John, created by Charles I. 
in 1640, a baronet of Nova Scotia. He was a confidera- 
ble lufferer in the royal caufe ; and-had iffue John, and 
Richard. 2. Chriftppher, who was created a baronet 
by Charles I. June 11, 1642. The title became extindt 
in 1755- 
Sir John, fecond baronet, fon of John, was conflituted 
by William III. March 18, 1690, firft lord commiflioner 
of the treafury, which office he refigned in November 
the fame year. He was created, May 28, 1696, baron 
Lowther of Lowther, and vifcount Lonfdale; and far¬ 
ther conflituted-, in 1699, lord keeper of the privy feal. 
Fie died July 6, 1700. Henry, third lord vifcount 
Lonfdale, his fon, was conflituted, May 5, 1733, lord 
keeper of the privy feal ; which, office he refigned in 
May 1735. Upon his death", in 1751, the titles of ba¬ 
ron Lowther of Lowther-, and vifcount Lonfdale, be¬ 
came extinfl. 
Robert, fon of Richard, fon of fir John fjrft baronef, 
was conflituted, in 1716, captain-general and governor 
in chief of the ifland of Barbadoes. Fie married Catha¬ 
rine, daughter of fir Jofeph Pennington, of Muncafter, 
in the county of Cumberland, baronet; by which lady, 
wito died September 7, 1746, he had iffue, 1. James, 
firit earl of. Lonfdale ; 2. Robert; 3. Margaret, married 
to Henry earl of Darlington'; 4. Catharine, married to 
Harry duke of Bolton; 5. Barbara. 
James, the late earl, having fucceeded to the baronet¬ 
age of Nova Scotia, as well as to the extenfive poflef- 
fions of his uncle, was advanced to the dignity of lord 
Lowther, baron of Lowther, and Kendal, in.Weftmore¬ 
land, and baron Lowther, of Burgh, in Cumberland, 
vifcount Lowther, and earl of Lonfdale. His lordfhip 
married Mary, daughter of'John, third earl of Bute. He 
was created, October 10, 1797, vifcount and baron Low¬ 
ther, of Whitehaven, with remainder to the heirs male 
of. the late reverend fir William Lowther, of Swilling- 
ton,-baronet; and dying May 24, 1802, without iffue, 
the latter-mcntioned titles, and the baronetage of Nova 
Scotia, devolved on William, the prefent earl. His fa¬ 
ther, the faid reverend fir William Lowther, bart. mar¬ 
ried, Augttft 31, 1753, Anne, daughter of the reverend 
Charles Zouch, of Sandall, inYorkfhire, and died June 
15, 1788, leaving iffue William, the fecond and prefent 
earl; and John, born April 1759; married, September 
4, 1790, lady Elizabeth Fane, fecond daughter of John 
earl of Weftmoreland, and has iffue Elizabeth, born 
Auguft4, 1791; John-Henry, born March 23, 1793; and 
George-William, born Odlober 17, 1795. 
Creations. —Vifcount and Baron Lowther, OClober 
9,1797; Earl of Lonfdale, April 4, 1807. 
Residences. —Lowther Hall, in the county of Weft¬ 
moreland ; Whitehaven Caftle, in the county of Cum¬ 
berland ; and Cottefmore Park, in the county of Rut¬ 
land.—Town-houfe, Charles-ftreet, Berkeley-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Magiflratus indicat virum. —“The magiftrate 
proves the man.” 
ENGLISH VISCOUNTS. 
The title of vifcount implies a degree of nobility next 
above a baron, and immediately below an earl. It ori¬ 
ginally denoted an officer of the ftate, called vice comes> 
who abted as-a deputy under an earl, to regulate or 
fuperintend the jurifdittion of a county. It was made a 
title of honour, diftinft from that of office, by Henry VI, 
in 1439, who created fir John Beaumont a peer, by the 
name of vifcount Beaumont; which is the firft inftance 
of the kind on the records of hiftory. 
DEVEREUX, VISCOUNT HEREFORD. 
HENRY DEVEREUX, Viscount HEREFORD, 
and a Baronet; Premier Vifcount of England ; fucceeded 
his father, the late vifcount, December 31, 1804.; mar¬ 
ried, December 12, 1S05, Mifs F. E. Cornewali, third 
daughter of fir George Cornewali, bart. of Moccas-court, 
Herefordfliire. 
The family of Devereux derives its furname from the 
town of Evreux, in Normandy; and the firft of them 
who fettled in England were Walter and Robert, fons 
of Walter earl of Rofmar, who came over with William 
the Conqueror. Walter received from that monarch, 
immediately after the battle of Haftings, the lordfhip of 
Salifbivry, in the county of Wilts; and Patrick, his grand¬ 
fon, was conflituted lord fteward of the houfehold to the 
emprefs Maud; and by that princefs created, in 1153, 
earl of Salifbury. He was murdered by Guy de Lulig- 
nan, in 1167; and William, fecond earl, his fon, died 
in 1196, leaving iffue Ela, married to William furnamed 
Longfword, natural fon of Henry II. In confequence of 
this marriage, the title of Salijbury paffed into the family 
of Longfword, and became extintt in 1230. 
William, fifth in defcent from Robert, younger fon 
of Walter earl of Rofmar, took part with the barons in 
the reign'of Henry III. and was killed at the battle of 
Evefham, Augufl 4, 1265. Walter, his grandfon, had 
iffue, 1. John, father of John, who fought under Ed¬ 
ward the Black Prince in the wars of Spain, and was in- 
ftalled knight of the garter in 1385. He was lord fteward 
of the houfehold to Richard II. 2. William. 
Walter, fourth in defcent from William, married 
Anne, daughter and heir of William de Ferrars lord de 
Ferrars of Chartley ; in. confequence of which marriage 
lie received fummons to parliament, July 26, 1461, by 
the title of baron de Ferrars... He was killed in the bat- 
tie of-Bofworth, Align ft 22, 1485. John, fecond lord 
de Ferrars of the family of Devereux, his fon, married.. 
Cicely 
