The arms are those of William, Earl of Lonsdale, born in 1757. He succeeded his cousin in 1802 in the Viscountcy and Barony of Lowther and was himself in 1807 created Earl of Lonsdale. He married in 1781 Augusta, daughter of John, 9th Earl of Westmorland. In the Farrington Diary, May 19, 1808, Robert Smirke wrote of him: "His private amusement is hunting and he keeps about fifty hunters...His income is supposed to be from 80 to 100,000 pounds a year, but he has vast expenses. He has four establishments, one at Lowther, also at Whitehaven, Cottesmore in Rutlandshire and in London." He died in 1844.