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 Inheriting a fortune from his father he was able to indulge his own tastes, which were for literature and the enjoyments of a country life, and he contributed a number of poems to the World newspaper, which were received with much favour at the time. The most popular of these was entitled The Tears of Old May Day, which has been extravagantly compared in poetical merit with Gray's Elegy. After his death a volume of his verse appeared under the editorship of his brother Anthony under the title of Poems on Several Occasions (1785), and some of his poems are to be found in Anderson's and Chalmer's Collection of British Poets. He died 27 Sept. 1775.

Admitted 3 May, 1651.

Third son of John Lowe of the Middle Temple, who was the son of John Lowe of New Sarum. Edward was called to the Bar 21 May, 1658, and was probably the Edward Lowe who was knighted at Whitehall, 21 Jan. 1672-3, and made Master in Chancery the same year; but he has been identified by some (see ) as Edward Lowe, the celebrated musician. Professor at Oxford, who died 1682, and there is some difficulty in discriminating between them.

Admitted 11 August, 1614.

Son of Simon Lowe, citizen and merchant-taylor, of London. He was a member of the Haberdashers' Company, elected Alderman for Billingsgate in 1593, and Sheriff 1595. He was knighted at Whitehall in 1603, and became Lord Mayor of London in the year following. From 1606 to 1621 he represented the City in Parliament, and from 1609 to his death, 11 April, 1623, was President of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He was buried in the Church of St. Peter-le-Poer, where there is a monument to his memory.

Admitted 14 March, 1697-8.

Second son of Moses Lowman of Whitechapel. He was born in London in 1680. Abandoning law for divinity he entered the University of Leyden in 1698, and studied theology there and at Utrecht. On his return to England he became a minister in the Presbyterian Church at Clapham, where he was an energetic preacher. He wrote many theological works, some of a controversial character, but he is best known as the author of a Dissertation on the Civil Government of the Hebrews, a learned work, published in 1740. He died 2 May, 1752.

Admitted 31 January, 1748-9.

Son and heir of Benjamin Lucas of Ballingady, co. Clare. He was at first an apothecary, and in 1735 published a pamphlet on the frauds used in the drug trade, which led to the passing of an Act for the inspection of medicines. Becoming a member of the Common Council of Dublin, he became involved