He was educated at the Hulme Grammar School and later joined Parkinson, Mather & Co., chartered accountants of Manchester and London.

[2] Under his leadership, its clients included the China Light and Power Co., Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock, Jardine, Matheson & Co. and the Hong Kong and China Gas Co.[2] Lowe was also a director of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltc.

and secretary of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce for many years.

[2] Lowe contested the Justice of the Peace election in 1920 for a seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong against T. F. Hough during the absence of H. E. Pollock.

He was also member of the Licensing Board and was made Justice of the Peace in March 1906.