Birth Name: Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV
Date of Birth: March 1, 1917
Place of Birth: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: September 12, 1977
Place of Death: New York City, New York, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Dutch, 7/64ths Ashkenazi Jewish, Northern Irish, Irish, Welsh, Cornish
Robert Lowell was an American poet. His works were frequently set in Boston and the entire New England region.
Robert was the son of Charlotte (Winslow) and Commander Robert Traill Spence Lowell III. He was born into an upper-class Boston family, with many prominent ancestors. He had Jewish ancestry on both sides of his family.
Robert was married to English writer Lady Caroline Blackwood, until his death. He had a daughter with his former wife, literary critic, novelist, and short story writer Elizabeth Hardwick; and a son with Lady Caroline.
Robert’s paternal grandfather was Robert Traill Spence Lowell, Jr. (the son of Robert Traill Spence Lowell and Mary Anne Duane). Robert’s grandfather Robert was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was an Episcopal clergyman and educator. Robert’s great-grandfather Robert was the son of The Rev. Charles Russell Lowell, a Unitarian minister, and of Harriet Traill/Brackett Spence, who was born on the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and had Scottish and Colonial American roots. Robert’s great-great-great-grandfather was prominent judge John Lowell, who was Chief Judge of the U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit, from February 20, 1801 to May 6, 1802. Robert’s half-great-great-uncle was businessperson Francis Cabot Lowell, for whom Lowell, Massachusetts, is named, his great-great-aunt was author Mary Lowell Putnam, and his great-great-uncle was Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat James Russell Lowell.
Robert’s great-grandmother Mary Anne Duane was the daughter of James Chatham Duane, Jr. and and Harriet Constable, who was born in London, England. James’ father, Robert’s great-great-great-grandfather, was Founding Father, attorney, jurist, and American Revolutionary leader James Duane, who was Mayor of New York City, from 1784 to 1789; his father was a Protestant Irish emigrant, from Galway. Through James’ wife, his great-great-great-grandmother, Robert was also descended from the prominent Livingston and Schuyler families of New York.
Robert’s paternal grandmother was Kate Bailey Myers (the daughter of Algernon Sydney Myers and Catherine/Caroline Chappell). Kate was born in Illinois. Algernon was the brother of lawyer, philanthropist, and U.S. Army colonel Theodorus Bailey Myers. Algernon’s father was Maj. Mordecai Myers, a merchant, army officer, and politician, who was born in Newport, Rhode Island, to Jewish parents, from Hungary and Austria, respectively, and was mayor of Kinderhook and Schenectady, New York. Algernon’s mother was Charlotte Bailey. Charlotte was the daughter of Judge William Bailey, and the sister of U.S. Navy Officer Theodorus Bailey.
Robert’s maternal grandfather was Arthur Winslow (the son of Francis Winslow, Commander, and of Mary Sophia Nelson). Arthur was born in North Carolina. Francis was the son of Joshua Winslow and Sarah Stark.
Robert’s maternal grandmother was Mary Livingston Devereux (the daughter of Maj. John Devereux, Jr., CSA, and of Margaret Lane Mordecai). John was the son of Thomas Pollock Devereux, whose father was born in Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland, and of Catherine Ann Johnson. Robert’s great-grandmother Margaret was the daughter of Moses Mordecai II and Anne Willis Lane. Moses was of three quarters Ashkenazi Jewish and one quarter English descent, and came from the prominent German Jewish Mordecai family of North Carolina.
Robert’s matrilineal line can be traced to Elizabeth English, who was born, c. 1701, in Virginia.
Sources: Genealogies of Robert Lowell – https://www.geni.com
https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Robert Lowell (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
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