John Duncan Lowe

The Honourable Sheriff Lowe
Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin
In office 1997–1998
Personal details
Born	John Duncan Lowe (1948-05-18)18 May 1948 Alloa, Scotland
Died	7 September 1998(1998-09-07) Edinburgh
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Profession	Lawyer

John Duncan Lowe CB (1948–98), lawyer, was a former Crown Agent for Scotland and Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin.

John Duncan Lowe was born at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, on the 18 May 1948 and received his education at the prestigious Hamilton Academy and the University of Glasgow, graduating MA, LLB.

Following an apprenticeship with a firm of solicitors and a short period in local government, in 1974 Lowe joined the Procurator Fiscal Service and worked in Procurator Fiscal offices at Kilmarnock, Glasgow and at Edinburgh. Lowe was subsequently appointed Deputy Crown Agent for Scotland (1984–86) and in 1988 took up the post of Regional Procurator Fiscal at Edinburgh, a position he held till 1991.

At the early age of 42, in 1991 Lowe was appointed Crown Agent for Scotland and in 1995 was invested CB, (Companion of the Order of the Bath.) In 1997 Lowe was appointed Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, a position he held until his death at Edinburgh the following year.^{[1] [2]}

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