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Thomas Lowe (priest)

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Thomas Hill Peregrine Furye Lowe (21 December 1781 – 17 January 1861) was an English cleric.[1][2] He was Dean of Exeter[3] from 1839[4] to his death.[5]

Life

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He was the son of Thomas Humphrey Lowe and Lucy Hill, daughter of Thomas Hill.[1] He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1799, graduating B.A. in 1803, and M.A. in 1805. In 1804 he entered Lincoln's Inn.[2]

Lowe was a curate at Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, in 1810. In 1812 he had a post as domestic chaplain with Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage, and in 1814 another curacy, at Diddlebury in Shropshire.[6] In 1820 he became vicar of Grimley, Worcestershire. He was rector of Holy Trinity, Exeter from 1837 to 1840, and Dean of Exeter from 1839 for the rest of his life.[2]

He published in 1825 An essay on the absolving power of the Church.[7]

Family

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Lowe married in 1808 Ellen Lucy Pardoe (died 1843), eldest daughter of George Pardoe of Nash Court, Shropshire.[8] Their children were:[9]

  • Lucy (died 1865 at age 56), married in 1828 Rev. Thomas James Rocke, as his first wife
  • Helen (died 1881 at age 72), unmarried
  • Thomas Lowe (born 1811, died in Australia)
  • George Lowe (1813–1885), cleric, married 1842 Louisa, youngest daughter of Thomas Crookenden of Rushford Hall, Suffolk
  • Arthur Lowe (1814–1882), naval officer, married: 1848 Katharina Ommaney, youngest daughter of John Acworth Ommanney R.N.; 1858 Florence Strode, younger daughter of George Strode of Newnham Park, Devon; 1864 Elizabeth Henrietta, eldest daughter of Henry Ducie Chads, R.N.
  • Herbert Lowe, baptised 1816
  • Noel Lowe (1817–1857), cleric, married 1847 Louisa Julia, younger daughter of John Moore-Stevens of Winscott, Devon
  • Anna, baptised 1819, died unmarried 1880
  • Emma, baptised 1821, died unmarried 1892
  • Harriet, baptised 1822, died unmarried 1898.

References

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  1. ^ a b Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours. H. Colburn. pp. 38–9. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Lowe, Thomas (Hill Peregrine Furye)
  3. ^ List to Deans to 1839 Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The Times, Monday, 2 Sep 1839; pg. 4; Issue 17136; col E "Dr. Lowe was confirmed as Dean of Exeter on Friday, and enthroned on Saturday last.-Hereford Journal"
  5. ^ The Times, Wednesday, 3 Jul 1861; pg. 6; Issue 23975; col A From the LONDON GAZETTE of Tuesday, 2 July. Whitehall, 1 July
  6. ^ "Lowe, Thomas Hill (1810–1834) (CCEd Person ID 121833)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  7. ^ Lowe, Thomas Hill (1825). An essay on the absolving power of the Church. At the University Press for the author. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  8. ^ Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1917). "Visitation of England and Wales". Internet Archive. p. 119. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  9. ^ Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1909). "Visitation of England and Wales". Internet Archive. pp. 149–53. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Exeter
1839–1861
Succeeded by