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unusual facts about Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet


James Lowther

Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet (1673–1755), Member of Parliament for Appleby, Carlisle, and Cumberland


Digby Mackworth Dolben

His father, William Harcourt Isham Mackworth (1806—1872), a younger son of Sir Digby Mackworth, the 3rd Baronet, took the additional surname Dolben after he married Frances, the heiress of Sir John English Dolben, the 4th Baronet.

Seaton Iron Works

The Seaton Iron Works were set up in 1762 by the firm of Hicks Spedding & Co., on land leased from Sir James Lowther for ninety-nine years.

Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet

The first problem to be confronted in such an enterprise was drainage, which was dealt with by using early Newcomen steam engines.


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