Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Lowther

Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet (20 February 1605 – 30 November 1675) was an English lawyer, landowner, and politician who sat in the House of Commons for Westmorland in 1628 and in 1660. He took no great part in the English Civil Wars.

Life Lowther was the eldest son of Sir John Lowther of Lowther Hall and his wife Eleanor Fleming, daughter of Wiliam Fleming of Rydal. He attended the Inner Temple in 1621 and was called to the bar in 1630.

In 1628, Lowther was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland, together with his father and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In 1636, he became recorder of Kendal. He was created a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in around 1638. He stood for election to both Parliaments of 1640, but was defeated on each occasion by Sir Philip Musgrave.

Family Lowther married twice. By his first marriage to Mary Fletcher, he had ten children: John Lowther (c. 1628–1668) Richard Lowther (d. 1703), married Barbara Prickett and had issue Eleanor Lowther, married Sir Christopher Wandesford, 1st Baronet, son of Christopher Wandesford, Lord Deputy of Ireland and Alice Osborne and had issue Barbara Lowther, married John Beilby Mary Lowther, married Edward Trotter Frances Lowther, married Sir Thomas Pennyman, 2nd Baronet Christopher Lowther Hugh Lowther Anne Lowther Mary Lowther

By his second marriage to Elizabeth Hare, he had four children: Ralph Lowther (b. 3 July 1655), married Mary Lawson and had issue William Lowther (b. 27 April 1659, married Elizabeth Rawlinson Robert Lowther (b. 17 February 1662), unmarried Margaret Lowther (b. 27 April 1650), married Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet

His eldest son John predeceased him, and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson. He left an estate worth about £80,000.