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Where did the English Lowndes family come from? What is the English Lowndes family crest and coat of arms? When did the Lowndes family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Lowndes family history?
Lowndes is one of the many new names that came to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Lowndes family lived near a grove deriving its origin from the Old English word lundr, which means grove.
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Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Lowndes, Lownde, Lownd, Lownes and others.First found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Lowndes or a variant listed above were:
Lowndes Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Christopher Lowndes, who arrived in Maryland in 1738
Lowndes Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Elizabeth Lowndes, who landed in America in 1805
- Thomas Lowndes settled in New York in 1822
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- Lloyrd Lowndes Jr. (1845-1905), the 43th Governor of Maryland
- Robert Augustine Ward "Doc" Lowndes (1916-1998), American science fiction author and editor
- Marie Adelaide Lowndes (1868-1947), English novelist
- Thomas Lowndes (1692-1748), founder of the Lowndean professorship of astronomy at Cambridge University, England
- William Thomas Lowndes (1798-1843), English bibliographer
- Craig Lowndes (b. 1974), Australian motor racing driver
- Jessica Lowndes (b. 1988), Canadian actress
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- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- Innes, Thomas and Learney. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland 1st Edition. Edinburgh: W & A. K. Johnston Limited, 1938. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
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The Lowndes Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Lowndes Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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