Nicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater
Nicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater, LVO, PC ( born January 9, 1942) is a British politician of the Conservative Party and peer. Since 1963 he is member of the House of Lords and belongs since 2003 to the 90 chosen because the House of Lords Act 1999 Erb - peer ( Hereditary peer ).
Life
Family origin and Viscount Ullswater
Nicholas Lowther belongs to the politically influential family Lowther. Already his Ururururgroßvater William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale ( 1757-1844 ) was 1780-1802, with interruptions Member of the House of Commons. His great great great grandfather Henry Lowther (1790-1867) was of 1812-1867 the constituency of Westmoreland in the House and most recently served as "Father of the House" longest-serving Member of Parliament House of Commons. His great-great grandfather William Lowther (1821-1912) was first a diplomat and then 1868-1892 is also Member of Parliament for the constituency of Westmoreland.
Nicholas Lowthers great-grandfather James Lowther (1855-1949) was 1883-1921, with brief interruptions House of Commons from 1905 to 1921 and deputy Speaker of the House ( Speaker of the House of Commons ). After his retirement from the House of Commons, he was raised in 1921 for Viscount Ullswater. His son, Nicholas Lowthers grandfather was Christopher Lowther (1887-1935) was 1918-1922 also a Member of the House of Commons.
Nicholas Lowthers father, Lt. John Arthur Lowther (1910-1942), was private secretary to George, 1st Duke of Kent and came up with this on August 25, 1942 just a few months after the birth of Nicholas Lowther died.
The death of his grandfather and his father before the death of the first title holder meant that Nicholas Lowther after the death of his great-grandfather James Lowther in 1949 at the age of only seven years, heir to the title of Viscount Ullswater was.
House of Lords member
Due to the then existing age of consent age of 21 years, however, he was the associated seat in the House of Lords in 1963 and take part in this since then.
Lowther, who served 1971-1988 as a Justice of the Peace ( Justice of Peace ), was during his membership in the upper house, first between 1989 and 1990 Parliamentary Secretary of the Conservative government faction (Government Whip ).
In the government of Prime Minister John Major was Viscount Ullswater 1990 Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Labour and was then Parliamentary between 1993 and 1994 Chief Executive of the Government Group (Chief Government Whip ) in the upper house, before he was from 1994 to 1995 Minister of State for Building and Planning in the Ministry of the Environment. Between 1993 and 1994 he also held the honorary title of Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen -at-Arms.
On 1 April 2003, he was referred to the House of Lords Act 1999 as one of the 90 so-called hereditary peers ( Hereditary peer ) selected. Viscount Ullswater, which was 2003-2011 and member of the Council of the Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, since 2004 Deputy Chairman ( Deputy Speaker) of the House of Lords and Deputy Chairman of Committees ( Deputy Chair of Committees ). On 4 July 2006 he was a candidate for the position of Chairman of the House of Lords (Lord Speaker), but lost to the candidate of the Labour Party, Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman. In addition to his political offices he is also director of the family business Lowther Trustees Limited.