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'''Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale''' (born 27 May 1949) is the eldest son of [[James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale]], and the only son by his first wife Tuppina Cecily Bennet, and is the current holder of the title, [[Earl of Lonsdale]]. Upon his father's death he only inherited his father's title, being disinherited for the rest of the estate, worth €479 million or £325m. <ref>Keith Bailey. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-441424/The-325m-Battle-Lonsdales.html "The £325m Battle of the Lonsdales"] ''Daily Mail'', 10 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2010.</ref> |
'''Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale''' (born 27 May 1949) is the eldest son of [[James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale]], and the only son by his first wife Tuppina Cecily Bennet, and is the current holder of the title, [[Earl of Lonsdale]]. Upon his father's death he only inherited his father's title, being disinherited for the rest of the estate, worth €479 million or £325m. <ref>Keith Bailey. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-441424/The-325m-Battle-Lonsdales.html "The £325m Battle of the Lonsdales"] ''Daily Mail'', 10 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2010.</ref> |
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He has been married several times, firstly to Pamela Colleen Middleton, on 2 October 1971; secondly in 1986 to Angela Mary Wyatt,<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p1218.htm#i12178 The Peerage] database, relying on a 1999 Debretts, says his second wife is Angela Wyatt, whom he married in 1986. Data retrieved 1 February 2010.</ref> and currently to his present wife, Elizabeth or Liz Arnison. (His present wife is also known as Lady Liz). With his first wife (whom he divorced after 12 years of marriage, circa 1983/1984), he has one adopted son Oliver, born by artificial insemination, who thus does not stand in succession to his father's titles.<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p19390.htm Oliver Lowther], last edited 28 May 2006.</ref> |
He has been married several times, firstly to Pamela Colleen Middleton, on 2 October 1971; secondly in 1986 to Angela Mary Wyatt,<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p1218.htm#i12178 The Peerage] database, relying on a 1999 Debretts, says his second wife is Angela Wyatt, whom he married in 1986. Data retrieved 1 February 2010.</ref> and currently to his present wife, Elizabeth or Liz Arnison. (His present wife is also known as Lady Liz). With his first wife (whom he divorced after 12 years of marriage, circa 1983/1984), he has one adopted son Oliver, born by artificial insemination, who thus does not stand in succession to his father's titles.<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p19390.htm Oliver Lowther], last edited 28 May 2006.</ref> According to peerage law, the issue of egg, sperm, or embryo donation is ineligible to succeed to any peerage or baronetcy.<ref>Ministry of Justice (UK). [http://www.hereditarypeers.com/option2.htm "GUIDANCE NOTES ON SUCCESSION TO A PEERAGE (with entry onto the Register of Hereditary Peers)]. Revised May 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2010. This page, on the website of the [[Hereditary Peerage Association]] (HPA), explains the procedure of entering one's name on the [[Official Roll of the Peerage|Peerage Roll]] without applying for the right to vote in bye-elections for elected hereditary peers to the House of Lords. <blockquote>"10. It should also be noted that a child born as a result of |
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egg, sperm or embryo donation is incapable of succeeding to a peerage |
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held by, or transmitted through, those persons who are otherwise to be |
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treated in law as the child’s parents (see section 27 of the Family |
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Law Reform Act 1987 and sections 27-29 of the Human Fertilisation and |
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Embryology Act 1990)." </blockquote></ref> |
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Embryology Act 1990)." </blockquote> This page, on the website of the [[Hereditary Peerage Association]] (HPA), explains the procedure of entering one's name on the [[Official Roll of the Peerage|Peerage Roll]] without applying for the right to vote in bye-elections for elected hereditary peers to the House of Lords/</ref> |
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The first marriage, contracted to a student nurse who was the daughter of a railway crossing keeper, apparently led to an estrangement between his father and the then Viscount Lowther.<ref>Keith Bailey. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-441424/The-325m-Battle-Lonsdales.html "The £325m Battle of the Lonsdales"] ''Daily Mail'', 10 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2010.</ref> |
The first marriage, contracted to a student nurse who was the daughter of a railway crossing keeper, apparently led to an estrangement between his father and the then Viscount Lowther.<ref>Keith Bailey. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-441424/The-325m-Battle-Lonsdales.html "The £325m Battle of the Lonsdales"] ''Daily Mail'', 10 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2010.</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:04, 1 February 2010
Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale (born 27 May 1949) is the eldest son of James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale, and the only son by his first wife Tuppina Cecily Bennet, and is the current holder of the title, Earl of Lonsdale. Upon his father's death he only inherited his father's title, being disinherited for the rest of the estate, worth €479 million or £325m. [1]
He has been married several times, firstly to Pamela Colleen Middleton, on 2 October 1971; secondly in 1986 to Angela Mary Wyatt,[2] and currently to his present wife, Elizabeth or Liz Arnison. (His present wife is also known as Lady Liz). With his first wife (whom he divorced after 12 years of marriage, circa 1983/1984), he has one adopted son Oliver, born by artificial insemination, who thus does not stand in succession to his father's titles.[3] According to peerage law, the issue of egg, sperm, or embryo donation is ineligible to succeed to any peerage or baronetcy.[4]
The first marriage, contracted to a student nurse who was the daughter of a railway crossing keeper, apparently led to an estrangement between his father and the then Viscount Lowther.[5]
Although the Earl did not share in the family fortune on his father's death, he is a substantial landowner with upto 5,000 acres in his own right[6] having had part of Lowther Estates settled on him as a young man.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Keith Bailey. "The £325m Battle of the Lonsdales" Daily Mail, 10 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ The Peerage database, relying on a 1999 Debretts, says his second wife is Angela Wyatt, whom he married in 1986. Data retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ Oliver Lowther, last edited 28 May 2006.
- ^ Ministry of Justice (UK). "GUIDANCE NOTES ON SUCCESSION TO A PEERAGE (with entry onto the Register of Hereditary Peers). Revised May 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2010. This page, on the website of the Hereditary Peerage Association (HPA), explains the procedure of entering one's name on the Peerage Roll without applying for the right to vote in bye-elections for elected hereditary peers to the House of Lords.
"10. It should also be noted that a child born as a result of
egg, sperm or embryo donation is incapable of succeeding to a peerage held by, or transmitted through, those persons who are otherwise to be treated in law as the child’s parents (see section 27 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 and sections 27-29 of the Human Fertilisation and
Embryology Act 1990)."
- ^ Keith Bailey. "The £325m Battle of the Lonsdales" Daily Mail, 10 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ Tim Adams. "Witnesses for the prosecution: The landowners" The Observer, Sunday 10 February 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2010. "The Lowther family has been the major landowners in this part of Cumbria since 900AD. At one stage, they owned 'maybe three-quarters of the county'. Now Hugh has 5,000 acres, on which he has 14 tenant farmers; the rest of the Lowther estate is split among his family."