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Lowndes family of Charleston, South Carolina

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800) — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in St. Christopher, January 6, 1721. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1776-78, 1787-90; President of South Carolina, 1778-79; intendant of Charleston, South Carolina, 1788-89. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., August 24, 1800 (age 79 years, 230 days). Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Lowndes and Ruth (Rawlins) Lowndes; married 1748 to Amarinthia Elliott; married 1751 to Mary Cartwright; married 1773 to Sarah Jones; father of Thomas Lowndes and William Jones Lowndes; great-granduncle of Charles Pinckney Brown; third great-grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank; fourth great-grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr..
  Political family: Lowndes family of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., October 23, 1750. Lawyer; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1776-87, 1789-92; Governor of South Carolina, 1787-89; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1792-96; received 59 electoral votes, 1796; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1797-1801 (at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Florida, 1812-14. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., November 2, 1828 (age 78 years, 10 days). Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Pinckney (1699-1758) and Elizabet (Lucas) Pinckney; brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; father of Elizabeth Brewton Pinckney (who married William Jones Lowndes); first cousin of Charles Pinckney (1732-1782); first cousin once removed of Charles Pinckney (1757-1824); first cousin twice removed of Henry Laurens Pinckney.
  Political families: Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Pinckney family of Charleston, South Carolina; Lowndes family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Lowndes (1766-1843) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., January 22, 1766. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1792-1800; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1801-05. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., July 8, 1843 (age 77 years, 167 days). Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Rawlins Lowndes and Mary Anne (Cartwright) Lowndes; brother of William Jones Lowndes; married to Sarah Bond L'On; father of Harriett Lowndes (who married William Aiken Jr.); second great-grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank; third great-grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown.
  Political families: Lowndes family of Charleston, South Carolina; Aiken family of South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) — also known as William Lowndes — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, February 11, 1782. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District 1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22). Slaveowner. Died aboard a ship in the North Atlantic Ocean while en route to England, October 27, 1822 (age 40 years, 258 days). Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Rawlins Lowndes and Sarah (Jones) Lowndes; brother of Thomas Lowndes; married 1802 to Elizabeth Brewton Pinckney (daughter of Thomas Pinckney); second great-granduncle of Burnet Rhett Maybank; third great-granduncle of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown.
  Political families: Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Pinckney family of Charleston, South Carolina; Lowndes family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Lowndes counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Aiken Jr. (1806-1887) — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., January 28, 1806. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1838-42; member of South Carolina state senate, 1842-44; Governor of South Carolina, 1844-46; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1851-57 (6th District 1851-53, 2nd District 1853-57); delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1872. Slaveowner. Died in Flat Rock, Henderson County, N.C., September 6, 1887 (age 81 years, 221 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Aiken and Henrietta (Wyatt) Aiken; married, February 3, 1831, to Harriett Lowndes (daughter of Thomas Lowndes); great-grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank; second great-grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.; first cousin of David Wyatt Aiken.
  Political families: Lowndes family of Charleston, South Carolina; Aiken family of South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Aiken County, S.C. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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