Claim: Claude Lowther had a brief diplomatic career as honorary attaché at Madrid and he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry of the British Army.
Evidence: He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry of the British Army on 17 May 1899. He was educated at Rugby School and had a brief diplomatic career as honorary attaché at Madrid from 1894.