William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
- William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale, PC, FRS (21 July 1787– 4 March 1872), was an English Conservative politician. Born William Lowther, he was known by the courtesy title Viscount Lowther from 1807 until 1844, when he succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father. He had, however, sat in the House of Lords since 1841, when he was summoned by a writ of acceleration in his father's Barony of Lowther, of Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland. In 1844 he became known as the Earl of Lonsdale.
On 5 July 1810, he was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society. [cite web | url=http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1727 | title=Lists of Royal Society Fellows | accessdate=2006-12-21] He was Lord President of the Council in 1852. He had no children; his nephew Henry succeeded to the earldom.
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