Samuel Lowder

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Samuel Lowder
Born1813[1]
Swindon, Wiltshire, England[2]
Died4 June 1891 (aged 79)[3]
Forest Hill, London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Marines
RankGeneral
Commands heldDeputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines
Battles/warsCrimean War
Second French intervention in Mexico
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

General Samuel Netterville Lowder, CB (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,[6] colonel commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1866[7] and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in July 1867[8] before retiring in July 1872.[9]

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. ^ "Russia". William Loney. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ Caledonian Mercury, 8 June 1863
  6. ^ "No. 22910". The London Gazette. 11 November 1864. p. 5311.
  7. ^ The Edinburgh Courant, 10 September 1866
  8. ^ "No. 23273". The London Gazette. 9 July 1872. p. 3854.
  9. ^ "No. 23875". The London Gazette. 12 July 1872. p. 3146.
Military offices
Preceded by Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines
1867–1872 		Succeeded by
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