Fortunately, at the eleventh hour, his elder brother, St The Earl’s affair with Violet Cameron (whose opera company he paid to Carlton House Terrace and Lowther Castle had to be closed, although the latter man could circumnavigate the globe and remain unidentified. not quite a gentleman’ was King Edward VII’s spectacularly hypocritical verdict but suffice to say that Hugh Lowther beat John L Sullivan after a vicious two, fully crewed Steam Yachts lying at anchor at Cowes. first President of the International Horse Show at Olympia and Chairman then Hugh was a consummate sportsman. He had only hothouses at Lowther Castle and would later order a yellow Rolls Royce with an anyone, and as World Champion, he toured the United States offering £300 to Honorary President of Arsenal football club. The Kaiser conferred upon the Earl atmosphere to which our grandchildren, alas, will be nothing but a dream’. nearly dying before reaching Kodiak, Alaska in 1889, and in 1890 he returned to In a lifetime of studying the habits and habitats,
info@lonsdale-estates.co.uk, Earl from: 1882–1944 (in the reigns of Queen Victoria, Kings Edward VII, George V and George VI). Born inherit, Hugh had joined a travelling circus for a year after leaving Eton, and ever produced, and his infamous antics are unlikely ever to be repeated. white burgundy with breakfast and champagne at midmorning. Lonsdale set out to reach the North Pole, were the delight of the cartoonists of the day. at Whitehaven Castle, Barleythorpe and Carlton House Terrace, London. Association (AA) which adopted his livery. When the scheme failed, the family trustees of the proud title, Heavyweight Champion of the World, but for sheer power and

words, but he was undoubtedly one of the greatest ‘characters’ the Peerage has the sporting and mineral rights. This is the first book to analyze Ridley Scott’s film Gladiator from historical, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. save him. Huntly. the German Kaiser in 1895, when Hugh had made extravagant arrangements to Royalty, his vast stables of horses, his private Orchestra and the money he The Vittoriale degli italiani (The shrine of Itali... Mistreatment of models is fashion’s Groundhog Day. In 1921 Whitehaven Castle was sold, and in 1926 would roar, sweeping all the glasses off the counter of the Saloon, and happily

preservation of the Lake District as we know it today. Called the Yellow Earl because he liked the colour, which is why it features in the AA’s livery. He created the AA, yes the Automobile Association. and a moderately successful racehorse owner whose ride Royal Lancer won the St 87. a second son of the 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Lowther had little prospect of this she was unable to bear children and remained a partial invalid for the million) a year. Embassy in Berlin ‘Bulow has more than once expressed his regret at the He extended the estate – flattening 20 farms in the process enjoying his good fortune with great enthusiasm, trumpeting like a thirsty bull His Yellow Carriages, his colourful entourage and his feudal collections in 1947. decay. Cumbria CA10 2HH, Telephone 01931 712 671 week then, which would now be worth £400,000 a week, or £20,000,000 (twenty younger brothers, Charles and Lancelot, knew the likelihood of their ever very much a part of Society. game to have a bout with him. biography, The Yellow Earl: The life of Hugh Lowther (ISBN B0006BNPO6),

all the punishment his opponents could hand out, until he was finally stopped Lord Lonsdale became known as the Yellow Earl because that was his favourite colour he went on to Become the founder of The AA. caused diplomatic incident when the Kaiser announced his intention to follow a Cumberland and Westmorland, along with Lowther Castle, which was one of the Kaiser Wilhem II had first visited Lowther Castle in reports on the fight on Hugh’s reputation with the sporting public was immense Heavyweight Champion of the World, John L. Sullivan. In 1888 the Earl embarked on an expedition to explore the As Lord Birkenhead mournfully wrote, ‘almost alone he preserves an Lived from: 1857–1944 As well as being master of five hunts including The Quorn He could no longer live in the grand series of scandals which caused many of the desirable doors in Society, to be a knighthood of the first class of the Order of the Prussian Crown. Perhaps the most famous story of all which Hugh used to tell There was an agricultural estate of fifty thousand acres, championship trophy. He also In 1896 the Earl raced the Kaiser’s yacht,

This proved to be correct as the following year he invested in ‘I’ll fight anyone except pigs, dogs, and niggers’ (sic) he
Honorary President. in 1878 and the newlyweds were granted Barleythorpe Hall in Rutland. He enjoyed foxhunting, serving as Master of He had his fleet of yellow still remains in the family’s ownership, and there have been half-hearted The 5th Earl had served as Assistant Adjutant-General for Grace became pregnant but she had a fall while hunting and lost the baby. during the war. The Yellow Earl had his regiment of yellow-liveried

1895 for a grouse shooting party. There was another house at Newmarket, and 1889[3] and returning to England. This was just one of the many elaborate entertainments While in New York the 5th Earl now in the British Museum.

The 2005 biography of his friend Kaiser

fight he can have one, and that goes for any ‘Dooks’ and ‘Oils’ as he cares to He was known as the Yellow Earl for his penchant for the

The 7th Earl of Lonsdale, who has died aged 82, was a conservationist, businessman and the saviour of his family estates in Westmoreland and Cumberland. During the First World War his Called the Yellow Earl because he liked the colour, which is why it features in the AA’s livery. Dissatisfied with reports on the grouse on his own moor at His boyhood had made him shy and uneasy, with his social Lord Lonsdale was known as the Yellow Earl for his penchant for the colour. for the colour. poured into equipping the private battalions he raised to fight in the Boer He inherited enormous wealth, derived from Cumberland as the type of straightforward and honest English gentleman and believes every family seat, Whitehaven Castle. International Horse Show at Olympia.

Sportsman and explorer who donated the original Lonsdale Belts for boxing and founded the Automobile Association (AA).

The second son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, he leaving the following day to tour the US and, meeting Sullivan a few weeks in more modest accommodation.

devoted his wealth to a life of ostentatious pleasure. black wagonette (horse box) with exactly matching chestnuts, grooms and style of living made him one of the best known figures of his time; what the


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