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LOV of two volumes—one published in 1649 by the author himself, under the name of his lost mistress, "Lucasta," supposed to have been a Miss Lucy Sacheverell; and the other printed in 1659 by his brother Dudley, with an appendix of elegies on the poet's death, Lovelace also produced "The Scholar," a comedy, and "The Soldier," a tragedy, neither extant.—W. C. H.  LOVER,, was born in Dublin towards the close of the eighteenth century. At a very early age he displayed strong tendencies for music, literature, and painting; and these were so little in accordance with the stockbroker's desk—to which his father had destined him as his successor—that the youth was suffered to take to painting as a profession. His social qualities and musical accomplishments procured him admission into good society; and a song of his, at a public dinner given to Moore in 1818, gained him the acquaintance and friendship of the poet. While pursuing his profession of miniature-painter, he did not fail to cultivate his gifts of music and poetry; and in 1831 produced the operatic drama of "Grana Uile, or the Island Queen," which was well received. In 1834 he went to London, where he was favourably known by his popular songs of "Under the Rose" and "Rory O'More." Madame Vestris patronized him; and for her he wrote the "Beau Ideal," and subsequently the mythological burlesque of the "Olympic Pic Nic," a decided success. During his temporary location in London he painted some persons of distinction. Meantime he had produced the first series of his "Legends and Stories," which elicited the praise of Miss Edgeworth. He now determined to establish himself in London as a miniature painter, and in 1835 exhibited his picture of the ambassador of the king of Oude; he also painted an admirable miniature of Lord Brougham. These established his reputation as an artist; and his songs gained him fame as a lyrist, and admission to the re-unions of Lady Blessington and of other distinguished persons. "The Angels' Whisper;" "The May Dew;" "Molly Carew;" and above all, "Rory O'More," were amongst the most popular songs of the day. A second series of "Legends and Stories" appeared; and in 1836 he wrote the novel of "Rory O'More" for Bentley, which was subsequently dramatized by him for the Adelphi, where, in the hands of Tyrone Power, it had a run of one hundred and eight nights. His next piece, the "White Horse of the Peppers," written to bring out Power at the Haymarket, was a decided hit. Then came "The Happy Man," and the musical drama of "The Greek Boy," and "Il Paddy Whack in Italia." All this time he worked assiduously at his profession, illustrating his serials of "Handy Andy" and "Treasure Trove" with etchings on steel. At last his sight became so impaired that he had to abandon the art; and he conceived the idea of recitations of his own writings. The first of these was given in the Princess' concert-room in 1844. They were eminently successful, so that he went to America in 1846, where his reception was most flattering. On his return to London in 1848 he gave his American experiences in an entertainment called "Paddy's Portfolio." Subsequently Lover wrote many charming songs, replete with the humour and pathos which, like a true poet, he combined so happily. It is rarely that talents so varied are found united in one man. He was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1836, and for a number of years had a pension from government, as a reward of his varied merits. He died on the 6th of July, 1868.—J. F. W.  LOW,, D.D., LL.D., a bishop of the Scotch episcopal church, was born in 1768, and was educated partly at Aberdeen and partly under Bishop Gleig at Stirling. He was ordained deacon in 1787, and began his ministerial career in Perth, from which he was three years afterwards translated to Pittenweem in Fife In 1819 he was elected bishop of the united dioceses of Ross, Argyll, and the Isles, to which the diocese of Moray was added in 1838. He discharged the duties of his office with unwearied diligence and zeal until 1845, when, at his urgent request in consequence of his increasing infirmities, the diocese of Argyll and the Isles was erected into a separate see, and the munificent sum of £8000 was devoted by him to its endowment. In 1851 he resigned the superintendence of Moray and Ross, and died in 1855 in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Bishop Low was distinguished for his piety and single-mindedness, the simplicity of his habits, and the extraordinary munificence of his donations, contrasted with his slender means.—J. T.  LOW,, a distinguished agriculturist, died at Edinburgh in 1859. In early life he devoted himself to the study of practical and economical questions connected with the cultivation of the soil; and by his writings and lectures he did much to establish the great scientific principles on which the successful prosecution of agriculture rests. He was also much esteemed as an adviser and arbiter in matters connected with landed property. He was professor of agriculture in the university of Edinburgh from 1831 to 1854, when he resigned his office. He was a successful lecturer, and established an agricultural museum. He was a member of the Highland and Agricultural Society, and contributed papers to their journal.—J. H. B.  LOW,, born at Edzal in Forfarshire in 1746. Educated at the colleges of Aberdeen and St. Andrews, in 1744 he was ordained minister of the parish of Birsay and Haray, on the mainland of Orkney. He fulfilled the duties of this charge till his death in 1795. His leisure time had always been devoted to the study of natural history; and while tutor to the family of Mr. Graham in Stromness, he became acquainted with Sir Joseph Banks. This celebrated man, along with Dr. Solander, touched at Stromness on their return from Captain Cook's last voyage; and finding Mr. Low possessed of a knowledge of natural history, they requested his company in their excursions through the Orkney and Shetland isles. He afterwards became acquainted with Mr. Pennant, by whose advice he undertook a Fauna and a Flora Orcadensis. The first of these was published in 1813, forming a very interesting addition to the natural history of the British islands.—W. B—d.  LOWE,, the warder of Napoleon's captivity at St. Helena, was born at Galway in July, 1769. His father, in the medical department of the army, died surgeon-major of the garrison of Gibraltar. Entering the army, Hudson Lowe served in the Mediterranean and in Portugal; organized at Minorca a corps of Corsican emigrants, in command of which he joined the army in Egypt, and fought in the battle of Alexandria and other engagements. In 1803 he was a permanent assistant quartermaster-general, and after having been employed in a secret mission in Portugal, raised another corps of Corsican rangers. With them he garrisoned the island of Capri, taken by Sir Sidney Smith in May, 1806; but in the following October he was compelled to surrender it to the French in superior force. He afterwards aided in expelling the French from the Ionian islands, and was for two years governor of Cephalonia and Ithaca. In 1813 he was sent to the north of Europe, to inspect first the German-Russian legion, and then the continental levies in British pay. Attached to Blucher, he remained with him from Leipsic to the entry of the allies into Paris; and bringing the news of the abdication of Napoleon to London, was knighted, and became a major-general. During the Hundred Days he was appointed quartermaster-general of the British troops in the Low Countries, and transferred to command the troops in Genoa destined to operate against Toulon. He had occupied Toulon after the battle of Waterloo, when he received the news of his nomination to the governorship of St. Helena, and wardership of Napoleon's person. He reached St. Helena in April, 1816. In his execution of his instructions he soon aroused the ire of Napoleon, and the result of one of their early interviews was that for five years the governor never again saw his captive alive. After the death of Napoleon, Sir Hudson Lowe returned to England, and his conduct at St. Helena was severely criticised, especially on the publication of O'Meara's Voice from St. Helena. His attempts to obtain legal redress failed, and the government seems to have supported him but coldly. In 1825 he was made commander of the forces at Ceylon, and resigned the appointment in 1831, disgusted that his claims to the governorship of the island were overlooked. He returned to England, and died in circumstances not affluent in January, 1844. The popular and unfavourable view of his character and conduct taken even by tory writers, such as Sir Walter Scott and Sir Archibald Alison, has been ably contested by Mr. W. Forsyth in his History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena, London, 1853, founded on Sir Hudson Lowe's letters and journals.—F. E.  LOWE,, a Scottish surgeon, author of several medical works. he was a "doctor in the Facultie of Chirurgerie at Paris, and chirurgeon to Henry IV." of France. After practising twenty-two years in France and Flanders, he took up his abode in Glasgow, where he died in 1612.—W. B—d.  LOWED,, a cavalier living under Charles I. and Charles II., was a native of Tresmere in Cornwall. He was born about 1610, and died in 1662. During the civil wars he <section end="255Zcontin" />