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 Walter Benington
vintage chlorobromide print, 1920s
NPG P975
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Sir David Low
chalk, 1927
NPG 5768
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1930
NPG 6480
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale; Hon. Charles Edwin Lowther
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 29 May 1867
NPG Ax59674
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
published by Rapid Photo Co
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x197821
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Ernest Clarence Elliott, for Elliott & Fry
collotype, published 1904
NPG Ax39976
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1920s
NPG x82155
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 13 June 1928
NPG x138260
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 13 June 1928
NPG x85187
Grace Cecile Lowther (née Gordon), Countess of Lonsdale; Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 13 June 1928
NPG x85189
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 13 June 1928
NPG x124392
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Howard Coster
print, 1929
NPG x1991
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
by Stanley M. Ballance
bromide print, late 1930s
NPG x36199
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale ('Statesmen. No. 492.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 July 1886
NPG D44287
"At Cowes: The R.Y.S." (King Edward VII and 5 others)
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 December 1894
NPG D44728
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale
published by W.H. Coaten
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1895
NPG D37438
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 November 1895
NPG D44779
by Cuthbert Bradley
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 November 1901
NPG D45094
by 'Bede'
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 December 1905
NPG D45304
by (Richard) Wallace Hester ('W. Hester', 'Hester', 'WH' and 'WH-')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 June 1912
NPG D45667
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