Manuscripts and Special Collections

Biography of John Alfred Edwin Drury-Lowe (1881-1949)

John was the second son of William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe, formerly Holden, who assumed the name and arms of Lowe in 1849 on inheriting Locko, and the additional surname of Drury in 1884.

He succeeded his brother William Drury Drury-Lowe in 1916. He was educated at Eton, and served as a Captain in the Scots Guards. He fought in Flanders in 1915.

He was a J.P. for Derbyshire from 1925, and was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1928.

Family

He married in 1905 Dorothy Marian Kate (d 1965), dau. of Commander W.J. Casberd-Boteler of Eastry, Kent, and had:

Archive Collections

  • Title deeds, settlements, estate and legal papers relating to John A.E. Drury-Lowe's ownership of his estates are part of the Drury-Lowe papers held in Manuscripts and Special Collections at the University of Nottingham
  • The Drury-Lowe papers include a bundle of letters from John A.E. Drury-Lowe on active service in Flanders (Dr 4F 3), and a travel diary of Dorothy Casberd-Boteler on a cruise to Norway, Spitzbergen and Iceland, 1900 (Dr 4F 5)

 

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