Samuel Lowder Explained

Samuel Lowder
Birth Date:1813[1]
Birth Place:Swindon, Wiltshire, England[2]
Death Date:4 June 1891 (aged 79)[3]
Death Place:Forest Hill, London, England
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Marines
Rank:General
Commands:Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines
Battles:Crimean War
Second French intervention in Mexico
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath

General Samuel Netterville Lowder, (1813 – 4 June 1891) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Military career

Lowder was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He commanded a unit of marines which secured the island of Kotka on the coast of Finland during the Crimean War[4] and then commanded a battalion of marines providing support to French forces during the French intervention in Mexico in 1863.[5] He became colonel second commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in November 1864, colonel commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1866[6] and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in July 1867 before retiring in July 1872.

Notes and References

  1. Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1916
  2. 1881 England Census
  3. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
  4. Web site: Russia. William Loney. 24 May 2016.
  5. Caledonian Mercury, 8 June 1863
  6. The Edinburgh Courant, 10 September 1866