A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowe, William Henry John
LOWE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Henry John Lowe died in 1847. He was son of Capt. Abraham Lowe, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Sept. 1821; passed his examination 15 Dec. 1828; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. His succeeding appointments were – 11 Jan. 1842, to the Minden hospital-ship, Capt. Michael Quin, stationed in the East Indies, whence he returned at the close of 1844 – and, 9 Oct. 1845, to the Alarm 26, Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland and Granville Gower Loch, with whom he served in North America and the West Indies until the period of his death. Agent – J. Hinxman.