Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
(1857-1944), Sportsman; son of 3rd Earl of LonsdaleSitter in 33 portraits
Sportsman. Lowther left Eton aged just twelve to take up outdoor pursuits. On the death of his elder brother George Henry Lowther, in 1882 Lowther became the 5th Earl of Lonsdale. As the first president of the National Sporting Club, he donated the first Lonsdale belt in 1909 for the boxing championship trophy. He was also associated with the management of Arsenal Football club. Lowther devoted his enormous wealth, derived from the Cumberland coalmines, to a life of ostentatious pleasure. His fondness of yellow for his many cars and footmen's livery inspired his nickname 'The Yellow Earl'.
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2679
'Mr. Punch's Fair of British Industries'
by Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1928
NPG D9626
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23336
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
issued by Godfrey Phillips
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D49056
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
issued by Gallaher Ltd
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1936
NPG D48950
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
issued by W.D. & H.O. Wills
relief halftone cigarette card, 1937
NPG D49223
by Anthony Wysard
watercolour
NPG D285
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Ernest Clarence Elliott, for Elliott & Fry
collotype, published 1904
NPG x20138
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 December 1914
NPG x80436
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 December 1914
NPG x80437
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Howard Coster
10 x 8 inch film negative, 1929
NPG x24603
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
Modern gelatin silver print from original negative, October 1934
NPG x36484
by Edward Malindine, for Daily Herald
Modern gelatin silver print from original negative, 13 December 1934
NPG x36485
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