Charles Lowndes was an English merchant who arrived in Maryland in the 1930s as a representative for Liverpool merchants Henry and Edward Trafford. Lowndes established himself as a prominent figure in the early days of Bladensburg, scooping up several of the 60 lots, one acre each, purchased by the Town Commissioners in 1742. His estate, the Bostwick House, was constructed on the property. Lowndes had numerous business interests, including his own trading company, and a shipyard. He also took part in importing and selling enslaved people. Following Lowndes’s death in…
