LOW, THOMAS BELL (son of David Low). _b._ Birkenhead 1855; went
to Otago, New Zealand 1873; one of the principal assistant
engineers in public works department Otago district, and
architect for the Middle Island 1878; employed in fortifying the
port and town of Dunedin 1885; A.I.C.E. 2 Feb. 1886. _d._ in
the tropics while on a voyage to England 12 Sep. 1886. _Min. of
proc. of I.C.E. xci_ 450–51 (1888).
LOW, WALTER (son of a publisher). _b._ England 1843; publisher
and bookseller with his father in U.S. America; long connected
with the Messrs. Harpers of New York; attempted to throw himself
into the Thames but was diverted from his object by finding a
policeman was watching him 1872; committed suicide by taking a
quantity of paregoric at 1 Upper Gordon st. Euston sq. London 4
April 1872. _Times 8 April 1872 p._ 7.
LOW, WILLIAM. _b._ Rothesay, Bute 11 Dec. 1814; pupil of Peter
Macquiston, civil engineer Glasgow, then a partner with him to
1847; engaged under Brunel in construction of Great Western
railway; colliery engineer at Wrexham 1847 to about 1877; had
charge of the Vron colliery near Cefn, Denbighshire many years;
concerned in the Channel tunnel, issued a circular describing
his plans 1866, had an interview with Napoleon III. 1867,
purchased land at Dover and Calais for the enterprise, appointed
one of the engineers by sir Edward Watkin; surveyed and proposed
making an England and India railway 2,000 miles 1870; M.I.C.E.
Dec. 1867; author of Letter to Lord John Russell explanatory
of a financing system for extending railways in Ireland 1850.
_d._ 88 West Cromwell road, London 10 July 1886. _bur._ Brompton
cemet. where is monument.
LOWDER, CHARLES FUGE (eld. child of Charles Loder of Bath,
banker, _d._ 9 Sep. 1876 aged 83). _b._ 2 West Wing, Lansdowne
crescent, Bath 22 June 1820; ed. at King’s college school,
London, and Exeter coll. Oxf., B.A. 1843, M.A. 1845; C. of
Walton, Somerset 1843–4; chaplain to Axbridge workhouse 1845–6;
C. of Tetbury, Gloucs. 1846–51; C. of St. Barnabas, Pimlico,
London 1851–6; joined the mission at St. George’s-in-the-East
22 Aug. 1856, rented the Danish ch. at Wellclose sq.; hired a
house at Sutton, Surrey for penitents 1858; secured the site
of and raised funds for St. Peter’s, London Docks, consecrated
30 June 1866, C. in charge 1866 to death; a founder of the
Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament 4 Dec. 1862; always known
as ‘Father Lowder’; author of Ten years in the St. George’s
mission 1867; Twenty one years in the St. George’s mission