Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale
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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
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He has been married three times, firstly to Pamela Colleen Middleton, on 2 October 1971; secondly in 1986 to Angela Mary Wyatt, and currently to his present wife, Elizabeth Nee Arnison. 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.
"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 by-elections for elected hereditary peers to the House of Lords.
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. He is a substantial landowner with up to 5000 acres (20.2 km²) along with the Lonsdale Settled Estates.
James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale
James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale was the elder son of Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther, and Muriel Frances Farrar, the daughter of Sir George Herbert Farrar Bt of Chicheley Hall, Bucks., a South African Randlord.Educated at Eton College he went up to Cambridge University in...
, and the only son by his first wife Tuppina Cecily Bennet, and is the current holder of the title, Earl of Lonsdale
Earl of Lonsdale
Earl of Lonsdale is a title that has been created twice in British history, firstly in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 , and then in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1807, both times for members of the Lowther family....
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He has been married three times, firstly to Pamela Colleen Middleton, on 2 October 1971; secondly in 1986 to Angela Mary Wyatt, and currently to his present wife, Elizabeth Nee Arnison. 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.
"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
Hereditary Peerage Association
The Hereditary Peerage Association is a British representative body for hereditary peers in the United Kingdom formed in the wake of the House of Lords Act 1999...
(HPA), explains the procedure of entering one's name on the Peerage Roll without applying for the right to vote in by-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)."
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. He is a substantial landowner with up to 5000 acres (20.2 km²) along with the Lonsdale Settled Estates.