Samuel Lowder

Sir Samuel Lowder
Died 4 June 1891
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Marines
Rank General
Commands held Royal Marines
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

General Samuel Netterville Lowder CB (died 4 June 1891) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Military career

Lowder was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He commanded a unit of marines which secured the island of Kotka on the coast of Finland during the Crimean war[1] and then commanded a battalion of marines providing support to French forces during the French intervention in Mexico in 1863.[2] He became colonel second commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in November 1864,[3] colonel commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1866[4] and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in July 1867[5] before retiring in July 1872.[6]

References

  1. "Russia". William Loney. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. Caledonian Mercury, 8 June 1863
  3. The London Gazette: no. 22910. p. 5311. 11 November 1864. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. The Edinburgh Courant, 10 September 1866
  5. The London Gazette: no. 23273. p. 3854. 9 July 1872. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 23875. p. 3146. 12 July 1872. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
George Langley
Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines
1867–1872
Succeeded by
Sir George Schomberg
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