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Lowndes originated the funded system and rose to great power and influence in
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Lowndes had children with each of his wives, 25 children in all. His offspring were also fruitful: one son had 16 children, including four sets of twins in four years; a grandson had 10 children.
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on 1 November 1652. He was the son of Robert
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Assassain's Creed
Podcast, Assassain's Creed Gold. Lowndes was voiced by British voice actor Nicholas Le Prevost.
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The expression "Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves" is attributed to him.
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The House had lost a very useful Member, and the public as able and honest a servant as ever the Crown had
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in 1722. Shortly afterwards, he was returned in a by-election on 27 October 1722 as MP for
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In 1712 Lowndes rebuilt
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Report containing an essay for the amendment of the silver coins
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as a clerk, and eventually acquired ownership of Bury Manor in
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