Sir Francis Lowe, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis William Lowe, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was elected as the Member of [Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament] for Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)|Edgbaston] at a by-election in February 1898, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1929 [United Kingdom general election|1929 general election], when he was succeeded by future Prime Minister of [the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister] Neville Chamberlain who had moved from Birmingham Ladywood.
He was made a Baronet in 1918, of Edgbaston in the City of Birmingham, and was appointed as Privy Councillor in the 1929 Dissolution Honours.
He was married to Mary Holden; they had four children, including his heir Sir [Francis Lowe, 2nd Baronet|Francis Gordon], who was a well-known tennis player before the First World War, as was another son, Arthur. A third son, John, played first-class cricket.