[1][2][3][4][5] Low was born to Jewish parents Therese (née Schacherl; 1835–1887) and Maximillian Loewe (1830–1900), who emigrated to Britain from Hungary following the 1848 uprising.

[7][8] He was the paper's special correspondent on a number of occasions, covering such events as the visit of the Prince of Wales to India, the coronation of Haakon VII of Norway and the Hague Conference of 1907.

[7] During the First World War he was a journalist in France and Italy, and edited the wireless service of the Ministry of Information.

In 1924 his second marriage was to Ebba Cecilia Byström, of Stockholm,[7] who has translated several works of George Bernard Shaw to Swedish.

He spent his later years writing and lecturing in imperial and colonial history at King's College, London.