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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Harry Lowis
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Harry Elliott Lowis
| birth_date = 9 September 1864
| birth_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|2|13|1864|9|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Marylebone]], [[London]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1892/93–1897/98
| club2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| year2 = 1902/03
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 163
| bat avg1 = 18.11
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 72
| deliveries1 = 160
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 22.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/5
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 30 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/harry-lowis-30787 ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Harry Elliott Lowis''' (9 September 1864 – 13 February 1938) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in both the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]].

The son of Edmund Elliot Lowis, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] in September 1864. He attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College at Sandhurst]], graduating from there as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] into the [[West India Regiments|1st West India Regiment]] in May 1885.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25468|date=8 May 1885|page=2107}}</ref> In April 1889, he transferred to the [[British Indian Army]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26114|date=12 December 1890|page=6991}}</ref> with promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following in May 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26768|date=14 August 1896|page=4632}}</ref> In India, Lowis played [[first-class cricket]], making his first-class debut for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the 1892–93 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Presidency Match]];<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13969/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Harry Lowis|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=30 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> this was the first cricket match played in India with first-class status. Between 1892 and 1897, he played in five first-class matches for the Europeans, in addition to playing for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against the touring [[Oxford University Authentics]] in November 1902.<ref name="FCM"/> In six first-class matches, he scored 163 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 18.11; he made one half century, a score of 72.<ref name="CRIC">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/harry-lowis-30787|title=Player profile: Harry Lowis|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref> With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 22.50.<ref name="CRIC"/>

He continued to serve in the British Indian Army into the 1900s, gaining promotion to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in May 1903 and [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in January 1911.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27578|date=21 July 1903|page=4592}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28506|date=20 June 1911|page=4606}}</ref> He spent time in [[British Hong Kong]] with the [[119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)|119th Infantry]] from at least 1903 to 1906.<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in the Far East|publisher=[[The China Mail]]|location=[[British Hong Kong]]|year=1906|page=207|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiZEAAAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> Serving with the [[10th Jats]] during the [[First World War]], he was conferred the rank of [[Brevet (military)#United Kingdom|brevet]] [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in October 1915 as a reward for distinguished service in the field.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29344|date=29 October 1915|page=10728|supp=y}}</ref> In March 1916, he was [[mentioned in dispatches]] during [[Operations in the Tochi]] for commanding a frontal attack with great skill against a force of [[Khostwal]] tribesmen estimated at some 7–8,000.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29514|date=17 March 1916|page=3038|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29652|date=4 July 1916|page=6701|supp=y}}</ref> Lowis gained the full rank of colonel in January 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30351|date=23 October 1917|page=10990|supp=y}}</ref> and was later made a temporary [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)#Historical rank of brigadier-general|brigadier-general]] when he was appointed an inspector of depots in September 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30388|date=16 November 1917|page=11936|supp=y}}</ref>

He retired from active service in April 1920, nearly two years after the conclusion of the First World War.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31891|date=7 May 1920|page=5254}}</ref> Lowis returned to England, where he retired to [[Westward Ho!]] in [[Devon]]. He died while visiting [[Marylebone]] on 13 February 1938.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19380422/024/0004|title=Wished ashes to be thrown away|work=[[Western Morning News]]|location=[[Plymouth]]|page=4|date=22 April 1938|access-date=30 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30787}}

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[[Category:1864 births]]
[[Category:1938 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:West India Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Mumbai cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army generals of World War I]]
[[Category:19th-century British Army personnel]]

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