Mr Lowther
Name: Mr Thomas Lowther
Address:
Whitbysteads
Askham
Penrith
CA10 2PG
Telephone Number: 01931 712284
E-Mail Address: thomas.lowther@lakedistrict.gov.uk
Appointed by: Cumbria County Council
Until: 1 June 2013
First Appointed to Authority: 19 June 2009
Current Committee Membership: Rights of Way Committee (Deputy Chair), Audit Committee, Standards Committee, Park Strategy and Vision Committee
Background, particular interests and hobbies
Raised at Whitbysteads, Askham on farm, schooled at Barton, Dalston, Northumberland and Berkshire. Geography degree at Kings College, London (BA).
Farmed in Devon, and in Cumbria since 1996, journalist on Sunday Express 1991-95 – finance and agricultural/rural issues.
Interested in land-based issues - farming, countryside, ecology.
Hobbies include bird watching, field sports, cricket, tennis, football, reading.