Edward Lowry Barnwell (1813 – 9 August 1887) was a British antiquarian and schoolmaster who was headmaster of Ruthin School, Denbighshire for 26 years.

John Lowry, Rector of Clogherny in County Tyrone and had connections with the Irish aristocracy and the Perrot family of Herefordshire.

In the Forest area of that town he financed a new church, St Andrew’s, and contributed towards the cost of a new rectory and parish school.

He served as the joint general secretary from 1855 to 1875, and as Treasurer from 1875 to 1884; in that year he was made a Vice President of the Society in recognition of his long service.

He collected artefacts[7] and he was an expert on Bronze Age metalwork, publishing a number of hoards including that from Guilsfield in Montgomeryshire.