Francis Stanley Lowe (1867-1955) was the son of Annie Stanley Lowe and was born at Kandy, Ceylon on 18 June 1867. He and his mother were back in England in 1871 and living with her parents at Bearstead House, Bearstead Green. She described herself as married to an army captain, but in fact since the age of 19, she had been the mistress of William Henry Weldon, who was caught up in a childess and loveless marriage and Francis was his son. From 1881 to 1901 Annie and her son were living in Mayfair at 7 Bessboro Street. He was at Harrow school from 1882 to 1884 and became a commercial clerk. Weldon was the Norroy King of Arms and presumably on that basis he participated as an official at the coronation of King Edward VII. Lowe married Dorothy Elizabeth Little, who was 15 years his junior, at Kensington in the last quarter of 1908. She was the daughter of William Godson Little, who was a director of Morris, Little and Sons Ltd chemical manufacturers with a factory at Doncaster. In 1911 Lowe and his wife were with his mother at The Orchard, Shiplake where William Henry Weldon was a visitor. A daughter Annie E Lowe was born in 1910 and Mary E Lowe was born in April 1914. He worked as departmental head for a chemical engineering company – presumably Morris, Little and Son. Weldon and Annie Lowe were married in 1914 shortly after his wife died. On his death in 1919 Weldon left his widow £7565 17s 4d. In 1922 Lowe was executor for the will of his father in law and under the will, he was given 5000 shares in the company and appointed director. In 1927 he was living at Brookend, Shiplake when he sailed to Argentina. He sailed to Sydney in 1936. He was Chairman of a Company manufacturing sheep dip – presumably still Morris, Little and Son.
Lowe was a successful oarsman and was Captain of London Rowing Club from 1898 to 1905. He was very active on the Council of the Amateur Rowing Association during the period 1898 to 1904. He was also a member of the Skiff Club at Kingston and was a strong advocate of the benefits of fixed-seat rowing and sculling. He was one of the leading people in establishing the Skiff Racing Association in 1901, and was instrumental in obtaining, official recognition of the SRA by the Amateur Rowing Association. He became the first chairman of the SRA in 1901 and held the post for 38 years. He was an enthusiastic skiff racer, winning the Doubles Championship with G.Fraser in 1904 and an umpire. He established an interclub race and presented a cup of Indian design for the winners. He took part himself racing for Upper Thames Club, which reflects his relocation to Shiplake.
Lowe is also credited with the idea of the Remenham Club at Henley built on land aquired by the Grosvenor Club based in Piccadilly, a social club for ladies and gentlemen whose objects were stated as “social intercourse and mutual and moral improvement”. In a meeting at the club on the 2nd February 1909 the formation of the club that was to become Remenham was discussed with representatives from various rowing clubs Lowe had many skiffing honours. He was a life member and Vice President of The Skiff Club and was President of Teddington Reach Regatta. He was also a Vice President of the Upper Thames Skiff Club and served on the Committee of Wargrave and Shiplake Regatta. During his lifetime he always paid for the medals given as prizes in the Lowe Cup competition, and he left a bequest to finance the continuation of that practice after his death, which occurred on 14 December 1955