David Nicoll Lowe FRSE OBE (1909–1999) was a Scottish botanist and administrator.
He attended Arbroath High School then won a Kitchener Scholarship to St Andrews University.
[2] During his Secretaryship of the Carnegie Trust the trust went into other social fields: re-equipping village halls; helping to set up the Leonard Cheshire Homes; helping the YMCA; and promoting art schools.
Specific one-off projects included the David Marshall Lodge at Aberfoyle and creation of the Conservation Corps.
He became an active member of the Countryside Commission and the National Trust for Scotland.