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  Earl of Lonsdale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The titles of Viscount Lonsdale and Baron Lowther, in the Peerage of England, were conferred upon Sir John Lowther, of Lowther, 2nd Baronet, in 1696.
Sir William duly succeeded to the Barony and Viscountcy of Lowther in 1802, and in 1807 was created Earl of Lonsdale, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944)
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5nd Earl of Lonsdale (1857 - 1944), was an English nobleman.
He donated the original Lonsdale Belts for boxing.
In addition, he was the inspiration for the Lonsdale cigar size.
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 Earl of Lonsdale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Earl of Lonsdale (Henry Lowther) was born on the 27
Earl of Lonsdale (Lancelot Edward Lowther) was born on the 25
Earl of Lonsdale was already an old man when he became Lord Lonsdale and had never had any racehorses and in the few years until he died in 1953 didn’t have any.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
1545 (316) Francis (Talbot), 5th Earl of Shrewsbury.
Afterwards Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland.
Earl of Hereford, K.G. Married Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, K.G., afterwards Duke of Gloucester.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1153
She married Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale and Emily Susan Caulfield, on 25 June 1878.
     Sibyl Emily Lowther was the daughter of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale and Emily Susan Caulfield.
George Henry Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale, son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale and Emily Susan Caulfield, on 6 July 1878.
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 Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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He was part of a famous wager with John Pierpoint Morgan over whether a man could circumnavigate the globe and remain unidentified.
Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
62 (inv 1377) Henry (Plantagenet),styled "of Bolingbroke, " Earl of Derby.
316 (inv 1545) Francis (Talbot), 5th Earl of Shrewsbury.
770 (inv 1878) Benjamin (D'Israeli), Earl of Beaconsfield.
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 Harry Bensley - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
According to original tale, one evening in 1907 at the National Sporting Club in London, Morgan and Lonsdale were arguing whether a man could walk around the world without being identified.
The outcome of the exchange was that Lonsdale bet Pierpoint Morgan the then-extravagant sum of USD 100,000 that Bensley would complete a pedestrian circumnavigation.
According to Ken MacNaught [1], grandson of a Bensley's illegitimate son Jim Beasley [sic], this is not entirely accurate.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10841
She married Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, son of Henry Cecil Lowther and Lucy Eleanor Sherard, on 31 July 1852.
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale b.
She married Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, son of Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain and Catherine Pegge, on 12 September 1678 in Wimbledon, London, England.
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 Earl of Lonsdale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The titles of Viscount Lonsdale and Baron Lowther, in the Peerage of England, were conferred upon Sir John Lowther, of Lowther, Lowther baronets, in 1696.
The present Earl is therefore 7th Earl of Lonsdale (Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1807), 8th Viscount Lowther (Peerage of Great Britain, 1797), 8th Baron Lowther (Peerage of Great Britain, 1797), and 8th Baronet (Baronetage of Great Britain, 1764).
William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844) (created Earl of Lonsdale in 1807, below)
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 Find in a Library: The yellow earl; the life of Hugh Lowther, 5th earl of Lonsdale, K. G., G. C. V. O., 1857-1944.
The yellow earl; the life of Hugh Lowther, 5th earl of Lonsdale, K. by Douglas Sutherland
Subjects: Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil Lowther, -- Earl of, -- 1857-1944.
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 Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale - TheBestLinks.com - Boxing, England, 1944, 1857, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 BBC - Cumbria - AskAway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He had a good position, there was quite a bit of work going on at the castle during this period.
The Earl of Lowther and his wife told my grandmother the cottage was hers to stay in to raise her children and Lady Lowther visited often with hampers of food and other gifts.
It came to be in my husband's family via his grandfather, who was a member of the Warwickshire Yeomanry and did battle on horseback.
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 Legion of Frontiersmen
Hugh Cecil (Lowther), 5th Earl of Lonsdale, KG, GCVO, TD [also Westmorland and Cumberland Yeo, Cumberland Arty Vols, 3rd Bn Border Regt]
H.R.H. Prince Louis, Marquess of Milford Haven, Viscount Alderney, Earl of Medina
Lt-Gen. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO
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 Harry Bensley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
1876 or 1877 - May 21 1956) was a British rake and adventurer best remembered as subject of an extraordinary wager between John Pierpoint Morgan and Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale.
One evening in 1907 at the National Sporting Club in London Pierpoint Morgan and Lonsdale were arguing a man could walk around the world being identified.
The outcome of the exchange was Lonsdale bet Pierpoint Morgan the then-extravagant sum USD 100 000 that Bensley would complete pedestrian circumnavigation while satisfying 15 additional conditions
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 UK Casino Times - Guide For UK Casino Players - Articles - You Bet On What? Novelty Bets Part 2
Businessman and playboy Harry Bensley was bet £21,000 in 1907 at the National Sporting Club in London that he couldn't walk around the world unidentified.
There were lots of bizarre conditions attached to the bet, which was made between Bensley, John Pierpoint Morgan and Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale.
These included Bensley only being allowed one change of underwear and having to complete the journey wearing an iron mask from a suit of armour.
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 Earl of Lonsdale - TheBestLinks.com - Viscount Lowther, 1818, 1944, 1787, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Earl of Lonsdale - TheBestLinks.com - Viscount Lowther, 1818, 1944, 1787,...
Viscount Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale, 1818, 1944, 1787, 1764, 1876, 1807, 1797...
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).
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 ODAAT: one day at a time... April 2003 archive
These villages such as Renwick, Gamlesby, Melmerby, and others look quite different from the earlier developments elsewhere in the region.
Close to Askham is Lowther Castle, formerly the home of the immensely powerful Lonsdale family, but now a shell near a commercial leisure park.
The most famous, or infamous depending on your point of view, scion of that noble family was the Yellow Earl, Hugh Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale, namesake for the Lonsdale Belt, Britain's most prestigious boxing award.
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 National Portrait Gallery | About the Gallery | Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Trustees | 20 Feb 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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