ship in the ensuing attack upon Copenhagen, Lieut. Lowe, at the conclusion of the operations, was nominated by his Admiral to the command, 13 Oct. 1807, of the Curlew sloop. This appointment the Admiralty confirmed. From Dec. in the same year, however, until June, 1809, Capt. Lowe remained unemployed. He then volunteered to serve in the expedition against Walcheren, and his offer being accepted he was intrusted by Sir Rich. Strachan with the command of a division of the light flotilla engaged at the bombardment of Camvere, and by his conduct won the admiration of that officer. After the surrender of Camvere and the reduction of the fort of Bammekens, we find him employed in cutting off the communication between Flushing and Cadsand; and then assisting Sir Home Popham in sounding and buoying the channels of the West Scheldt for the purpose of enabling the line-of-battle ships and frigates to advance, and of thus aiding the ulterior objects of the expedition – a service performed with much judgment and correctness. During his stay in the Scheldt,[1] Capt. Lowe was invested by Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway with the charge, in Nov. 1809, of the Sabrina sloop. His next appointments were – 12 Jan. 1810, to the Diligence 16, attached to the force in the Baltic, where he was most actively employed, and effected the capture of three or four Danish privateers – and 12 Aug. 1812, to the Jalouse 18. He served in the latter vessel on the Cork and Jamaica stations until posted 7 June, 1814; and with the exception of a few months during the summer of 1815, had command, from 12 Jan. in that year until paid off 19 Jan. 1819, of the Larne 20, among the Western Islands, and in the Channel and West Indies. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Commander Lowe married, in 1802, a daughter of R. Rogers, Esq., of Beaulieu, near Southampton; by whom he has had, with other issue, two sons, the present Commander Gower Lowe, R.N., and the late Lieut. W. H. J. Lowe, R.N. Agent – J. Hinxman.
LOWE. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 2.)
Arthur Lowe, born 26 July, 1814, at Corfton, co. Salop, is third son of the Rev. Thos. Hill Peregrine Furye Lowe, D.D. (of Court of Hill, Salop, and Norbiton House, Surrey), Dean of Exeter, by Ellen Lucy, eldest daughter of Geo. Pardee, Esq., of Nash Court, Salop; and nephew, by marriage, of Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, R.N., Kt.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, Capt. Chas. Inglis, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin; sailed soon afterwards for the Lisbon station in the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill; was employed in the Mediterranean as Midshipman, from 1828 to 1832, in the Ferret 10, Capt. Thos. Hastings, and Donegal 78, Capt. John Dick; then rejoined Capt. Hastings in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where he passed his examination in July, 1833; and after a servitude of about three years in the East Indies and on the north coast of Spain in the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Phoenix steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Sept. 1837. On 28 of the following Nov. he obtained an appointment to the Volage 28, Capt. Henry Smith, fitting at Chatham; and on 2 Feb. 1838 he joined the Hastings 72, Capts. Fras. Erskine Loch and John Lawrence. In that ship he served in the Mediterranean until advanced to the rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1841. His last appointment was, 3 June, 1842, to the Second-Captaincy of the Excellent, still commanded by his uncle, with whom he continued until promoted to his present rank 30 Aug. 1845. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
LOWE. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 21; h-p., 1.)
Frederick Lowe, born 30 Oct. 1811, is son of Wm. Lowe, Esq., of the firm of J. and W. Lowe, Attorneys, 2, Tanfield Court, Temple.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 March, 1825; and embarked, 2 Dec. 1826, as a Volunteer, on board the Columbine 18, Capts. Wm. Symonds, Chas. Crole, and John Townshend, stationed at first in the Channel, and afterwards in North America, where, in Sept. 1828, he removed for a short time, as a Supernumerary, to the Hussar 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle. From the early part of 1829 until 1831, in the course of which year he passed his examination, we find him employed in the Mediterranean on board the Madagascar and Blonde frigates, Capts. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Edm. Lyons, and Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley. He then proceeded to South America in the Samarang 28, Capt. Chas. Henry Paget; and in Aug. 1834, on the departure of that ship for England, he accompanied an expedition sent from Lima to Para under the orders of Lieutenant Smyth for the purpose of exploring the Pachitca, Maranon, and Ucayali rivers. On his arrival in England in the spring of 1835, Mr. Lowe found that his name had been allowed to remain until then on the books of the Samarang. Sailing soon afterwards for the East Indies in the Jupiter 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, which ship carried out Lord Auckland as Governor-General, he there joined the Winchester 52, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel, by whom he was presented with a commission dated 17 Nov. 1837. He came home in June, 1838; and was next appointed – 14 Sept. following, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget in North America and the West Indies – 28 March, 1839, to the Dee steam-vessel, Capt. Joseph Sherer, with whom he served for two years on the same station, half the time as First-Lieutenant – and in Aug. and Sept. 1841, in the latter capacity, to the Styx and Devastation steamers, commanded by Capt. Hastings Reginald Henry at Home and in the Mediterranean. On leaving the last-mentioned vessel, he assumed command, 23 Feb. 1843, of the Prometheus, as he has since done, 10 Aug. 1844 (after nearly 12 months of half-pay), and 21 June, 1845, of the Alban and Pluto – all of them steamers. He is now employed on particular service. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
LOWE. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 23; h-p., 8.)
Gower Lowe is son of Capt. Abraham Lowe, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1816, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Larne 20, commanded by his father, with whom he served in the Channel until Feb. 1817, in the course of which month he entered the Royal Naval College. He re-embarked, in April, 1819, as Midshipman, on board the Hind 20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, and during the next three years was actively employed in the suppression of smuggling. He then joined the Ranger 28, Capts. Peter Fisher and Lord Henry Fred. Tbynne, successively stationed at Nevrfoundland, and in the North Sea, West Indies, Mediterranean, and Channel; and in July, 1825, having passed his examination in 1823, he became Mate of the Harlequin 18, Capts. Jas. Scott and Chas. Elliot. Of that vessel, on her arrival in the West Indies, he was appointed, in Feb. 1816, Acting First-Lieutenant. Being confirmed to her, 2 Dec. following, he continued in the Harlequin until transferred, in Jan. 1829, in a similar capacity, to the Harpy 10, Capts. Chas. Rich and Joseph Pafford Dickson Larcom, also on the West India station; where, in the summer of 1830, he removed to the Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. Parker. Returning to England in Jan. 1831, he was next, 7 July, 1834, appointed First-Lieutenant of the Rose 18, Capt. Wm. Barrow, with the boats of which sloop under his orders he was twice, it appears, engaged with pirates in the Straits of Malacca. In the autumn of 1837, Capt. Barrow having invalided at the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Lowe was sent home in personal command of the Rose. After eight months of half-pay he became in succession Senior, 11 July, 1838, and 11 May, 1839, of the Tribune 24 and Revenge 76, Capts. Chas. Hamlyn
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1298.
