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 after a most arduous passage of the Lowari pass. But meanwhile the garrison had already been relieved by Colonel Kelly's force from Gilgit. It was generally recognised that the favourable issue of the campaign was mainly due to the soundness of Low's dispositions and the rapidity of his movements. For his services he received the thanks of the governor-general of India (Land. Gaz. 15 Nov. 1895). Next year he was promoted lieut.-general and advanced to G.C.B. From 1898 to 1903 he commanded the Bombay army, and after attaining the rank of general in 1900 he retired from the service in 1905. In 1909 he succeeded Sir Hugh Henry Gough [q. v. Suppl. II] as keeper of the crown jewels at the Tower of London. He died there on 6 Aug. 1911, and was buried at Dorchester. He married in 1862 Mary Constance (d. 1900), daughter of Captain Taylor of the East India Company's service, and left issue two sons and three daughters. A portrait by Miss E. Taylor, painted in 1907, is in the possession of his eldest son, Lieut.-colonel Robert Balmain Low, D.S.O., of the 9th Bengal lancers. A brass tablet has been erected in the church of St. Peter-ad-Vincula in the Tower of London.

 LOWE, DRURY CURZON DRURY-. [See (1830–1908), lieut.-general.]

LOWRY, HENRY DAWSON (1869–1906), journalist, novelist and poet, eldest son of Thomas Shaw Lowry, bank clerk at Truro, afterwards bank manager at Camborne, by his wife Winifred Dawson of Redhill, was born at Truro on 22 Feb. 1869. He was educated at Queen's College, Taunton, and at Oxford University (unattached), where he graduated in the honour school of chemistry in 1891. His original purpose was to devote himself to chemistry, but his literary predilections gradually conquered his scientific inclinations. After contributing to the 'Cornish Magazine,' he was encouraged by the acceptance, in 1891, of his Cornish stories by W. E. Henley [q. v. Suppl. II] for the 'National Observer. He continued to write for the 'National Observer' so long as Henley remained editor; and coming to London in 1893, he obtained a connection with the 'Pall Mall Gazette,' joining the staff in 1895. Subsequently he went to 'Black and White.' Early in 1897 he became editor of the 'Ludgate Magazine,' and the same year he joined the staff of the 'Morning Post.' Latterly he also wrote as 'Independent' in the 'Daily Express,' and he was an occasional contributor to other papers. He died, unmarried, at Herne Hill on 21 Oct. 1906. Warm-hearted, impulsive, and sociable, he was popular with his colleagues and friends.

It is in his short stories, dealing with Cornish life, which he thoroughly knew, that Lowry is at his best. Refined, sympathetic, and emotional, he was also a facile writer of tasteful verse. His works are: 1. 'Wreckers and Methodists,' 1893. 2. Women's Tragedies,' 1895. 3. 'A Man of Moods,' 1896. 4. 'Make Believe,' 1896. 5. 'The Happy Exile,' 1897. 6. A book of poems, 'The Hundred Windows,' 1904.

 LOWTHER, JAMES (1840–1904), politician and sportsman, born at Swillington House, Leeds, on 1 Dec. 1840, was younger son in a family of two sons and a daughter of Sir Charles Lowther, third baronet (1803-1894), of Swillington House, Leeds, and Wilton Castle, Redcar, by his wife Isabella (d. 1887), daughter of Robert Morehead, rector of Easington. His grandfather. Sir John (created a baronet in 1824), was second son of Sir William Lowther [q. v.], who succeeded his cousin as Baron and Viscount Lowther in 1802, and was created Earl of Lonsdale in 1807. James Lowther was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1863 and proceeding M.A. in 1866. He entered at the Inner Temple on 1 Nov. 1861, and was called to the bar on 17 Oct. 1864, but never practised.

His interests were divided between public affairs and sport. Through life he championed the uncompromising principles of conservatism in which he was bred. In 1865 he stood for York city in the conservative interest, and was returned at the head of the poll. His maiden speech was delivered in opposition to the abortive reform bill brought in by Lord Russell's government in 1866. In the following year Lord Derby's government produced their reform bill. This 