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This post on Richard Lowry started with an appeal from Martin in Texas, who has an item engraved \u2018R Lowry, Stanwix\u2019. He\u2019d like to find any living relatives who might be interested in it*. Should any of them read this, message Cumbrian Characters<\/em> and we will put you in contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Lowry, solicitor and coroner, was born in Stanwix circa 1782, and died in 1835.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only two incidents of interest could have been a different Richard Lowry, as news stories don\u2019t give any occupation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, he was born in Stanwix to a wealthy family that had been there a couple of centuries, went to Carlisle Grammar School, became a solicitor, was elected coroner, and along the way married and had children. The house he had built in Stanwix was in 2022 occupied by Cumbria University as a teaching facility (but the building was being advertised for sale).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the many inquests he presided over are all stories. But it seems \u2018mean\u2019 to retrieve and share some of those stories with the world today, but \u2018forget\u2019 the other people involved \u2013 such as the coroner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here\u2019s a bit on Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanwix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Records show an Edward Lowry there in 1608, so the family were well-established there. A 1791 document has: \u2018Richard son & heir of John Lowry of Stanwix, esq. who was son & heir of Richard Lowry of Stanwix esq. deceased\u2026\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, as so often, Richard was a family name, handed down. Which means by the time you get to Richard the solicitor, he likely had cousins also called Richard, to confuse things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which Richard Lowry is which?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carlisle Grammar School has a Richard admitted and left 1794, readmitted 1797, left before Xmas 1798. First son of of John Lowry, Stanwix (lately deceased), gent (generosi<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT it also has a Richard admitted 1790 and 1797, son of Thomas Lowry, of Stanwix, armiger. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND: there is a 1780 Stanwix baptism for a Richard, son of William (and Mary<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found a baptism for Richard son of John (and Mary), in 1782.<\/strong> Which fits our solicitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawyer <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Richard Lowry became an apprentice in 1799 to a well-known Carlisle solicitor, Silas Saul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 1810, Richard the solicitor, had an office in Abbey Street, Carlisle. But he had a house at Stanwix, Stanwix House. Listed today, the entry is \u2018Early C19 for Richard Lowry, attorney\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1828 directory, Carlisle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n