Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet, (16 February 1858 – 5 April 1916) was a British diplomat.
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Diplomatic career
Lowther was educated at Harrow and entered the diplomatic service in 1879. He served in Tokyo, Budapest, and Washington. De Bunsen was trained in the diplomatic service by Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, and was a member of the Tory-sympathetic 'Lyons School' of British diplomacy.
In August 1901, Lowther was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Santiago, Chile. He arrived at Santiago to take up his position in March 1902.
Lowther later served in Tangier and finally as ambassador in Constantinople.
During his diplomatic career in Constantinople, Lowther translated and distributed anti-Semitic texts.
He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1904, a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George and a Privy Counsellor in 1908 and a baronet in 1914 and promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1911.
Family
Lowther was the second son of William Lowther and his wife Charlotte Alice, daughter of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale.