Robert Lowther (colonial administrator)
Robert Lowther was an English landowner, holding the estate of Maulds Meaburn, and colonial governor. He was the eldest son of Richard Lowther and Barbara Prickett.
From 1711 to 1714 and 1715 to 1720, he served as Governor of Barbados.
On 22 June 1731, he married his cousin Katherine Pennington, daughter of Sir Joseph Pennington, 2nd Baronet. They had five children: