Thomas Lowe (priest)
English cleric
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Life
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
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.
