Sir Christopher Lowther, 3rd Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir Christopher Lowther, 3rd Baronet
Sir Christopher Lowther, 3rd Baronet (1666 – 2 October 1731) was an English baronet, the eldest son of Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet and Jane Leigh (died 1678). His alcoholism and irresponsibility caused his father to disinherit him in 1701, leaving his brother James to become master of the Lowther estates at Whitehaven.
Early life.
Lowther was born at Sockbridge Hall (his paternal grandmother had been the last of the Lancasters of Sockbridge) and baptised on 4 June
the title became extinct in 1784.
Mary was one of five children, the eldest daughter of Sir Christopher Wandesford and his wife Eleanor Lowther. She was baptised in the church at Kirklington on 23 June 1655. There is a portrait of her as a young woman inside Wandesford House, as well as the stone bust on the front of the house. She never married and when she died in 1725 she was buried at Kirklington. A codicil to her will of 4 November 1725 states "I appoint that £5 be