William Lowe (British Army officer)

William Lowe
Birth nameWilliam Henry Muir Lowe
Born(1861-10-20)20 October 1861
North-Western Provinces, British India
Died7 February 1944(1944-02-07) (aged 82)
London, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1881–1907
1914–1919
RankMajor-General
Unit7th Dragoon Guards
Commands held3rd Reserve Cavalry Brigade
Battles/wars1882 Anglo-Egyptian War
Third Anglo-Burmese War
Second Boer War
First World War
Easter Rising
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches
Spouse(s)
Frances Broster de Salvo
(m. 1895; died 1942)
Children2, including John Loder

Major-General William Henry Muir Lowe CB (20 October 1861 – 7 February 1944) was a British Army officer who commanded the British forces in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916 and received the surrender of the Irish republican forces.


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