A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowry, James (b)
LOWRY. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
James Lowry died 6 Feb. 1846. He was only son of Commander Jas. Lowry, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1827; obtained his commission 30 March, 1837; and was afterwards appointed – 4 April, 1837, to the Sparrowhawk 16, Capt. John Shepherd, on the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope station, whence he returned at the close of 1840 – 6 April, 1841, to the Impregnable 104, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Thos. Forrest – and, 18 Jan. 1842, 8 July, 1843, and 28 Feb. 1844, as First-Lieutenant, to the Stromboli steamer, Eurydice 26, and Electra 18, Capts. Wm. Louis, Geo. Elliot, and Arthur Darley, employed on the Mediterranean, and North America and West India stations. The Electra was paid off in 1845.