"In such a world; so thorny, and where none Book iv. JOHN LOWTHER, VISCOUNT LONSDALE. [SIR John Lowther, of Lowther-hall, one of the early promoters of the revolution, was constituted vice-chamberlain to king William and queen Mary on their advancement to the English throne 2; and was twice appointed one of the regency, while the king went to Holland 3. According to Bolton, he was also a commissioner of the treasury. In 1696 he was created baron Lowther, of Lowther, and viscount Lonsdale, in Westmorland. In 1699 he was made lord privy-seal, and died July 10, 1700, aged fortyfive. His brief introduction here arises from the belief of his having written "A Treatise on Economics," addressed to his son 4, which may still remain in manuscript among some of his descendants.] • Nichols's Selection of Poems, vol. v. p. 33. Bolton's Extinct Peerage, p. 178. • Tickell inscribed his poem of Oxford, in 1707, to the son of this peer, and thus introduced a compliment to both: "Whilst you inhabit Lowther's awful pile, A structure worthy of the founder's toil; In each descendant of his noble line: But most transported and surpriz'd we view His ancient glories all reviv'd in you, Where charms and virtues join their equal grace, Your father's godlike soul, your mother's lovely face." THE END OF THE THIRD Volume. |