Samuel Lowder

General Samuel Netterville Lowder, CB (1813 – 4 June 1891) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Samuel Lowder
Born	1813[1] Swindon, Wiltshire, England[2]
Died	4 June 1891 (aged 79)[3] Forest Hill, London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Marines
Rank	General
Commands	Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines
Battles / wars	Crimean War Second French intervention in Mexico
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Lowder was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He commanded a unit of marines which secured the island of Kotka on the coast of Finland during the Crimean War^[4] and then commanded a battalion of marines providing support to French forces during the French intervention in Mexico in 1863.^[5] He became colonel second commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in November 1864,^[6] colonel commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1866^[7] and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in July 1867^[8] before retiring in July 1872.^[9]