Sir Gerard Lowther, 1st Baronet

Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC (16 February 1858 – 5 April 1916) was a British diplomat.

Lowther was educated at Harrow and entered the diplomatic service in 1879.

[2] In August 1901, Lowther was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Santiago, Chile.

During his diplomatic career in Constantinople, Lowther translated and distributed anti-Semitic texts.

He married Alice Blight, the daughter of Atherton Blight, on 28 February 1905,[6][7] in Newport, Rhode Island,[6] and had three daughters: During the First World War his American-born wife, Alice, Lady Lowther, was the joint hon.

Sir Gerard Lowther, Bt in 1916
Lowther with other diplomats and Moroccan officials in Tangier discussing policing in 1907.
Alice, Lady Lowther (John Singer Sargent)