Biography of William Drury Drury-Lowe (1877-1916)
William was the eldest 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 was born at 19 Portman Square, London, and educated at Eton.
In February 1900 he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. He served with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa from 1901-1902 and was decorated with the D.S.O. He succeeded his father to the Denby and Locko estates in 1906, and in July 1908 resigned from the army at the rank of Captain.
William was a J.P. for Derbyshire from 1907 and a Derbyshire County Councillor in 1913-1914.
On the outbreak of the First World War William became a Captain in the Reserve of Officers. He was killed in action at the Somme on 25 September 1916. His estates passed to his younger brother John A.E. Drury-Lowe.
Family
He married in 1902 the Hon. Hylda Harriet Marianne Sugden, only dau. of the 2nd Baron St Leonards. They had no children.
Archive Collections
- Title deeds, settlements, estate and legal papers relating to William Drury 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 accounts (Dr 2A 1-8), diaries (Dr 2F 2-5), and papers concerning the education of William Drury Drury-Lowe (Dr 4F 2)