 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akadzidza paClifton College, akagadzwa muScotland Guards semutevedzeri wechipiri musi wa 29 Zvita 1888, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa 13 Kubvumbi 1892, uye kuva kaputeni musi wa 24 Chikumi 1899. Apo Hondo yechipiri yeBoer yakatanga muna Gumiguru 1899, 1st battalion yeScots Guards yakabva kuIreland ichienda kuSouth Africa kunobatana ne1st Guards Brigade, naLowther akagadzwa adjutant. Vakasvika munyika iyoyo muna November, uye pakarepo vakaona chiito muhondo dzeBelmont neModder River, zvose zviri zviviri kukunda kweBritain, kunyange zvazvo kwakanga kuchidhura zvikuru muupenyu hweBritain. Muna Zvita, battalion iyi yaivepo paHondo yeMagersfontein, uye gore rakatevera rakatora chikamu mukufora kutora misoro yeBoer yeBloemfontein nePretoria. Mushure mokutora guta rokupedzisira, 1st Guards Brigade yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeDiamond HillJune 1900, uye muhondo yokupedzisira huru yehondo paBergendal muna August 1900. Hondo yakabva yava hondo yemagandanga, uye Lowther musi wa 20 Chikunguru 1901 akagadzwa pachinzvimbo chevashandi saMukuru weVashandi veIntelligence. Nokuda kwebasa rake muhondo, Lowther akagamuchira Mambokadzi weSouth Africa Medal, akagadzwa kuva Companion weDistinguished Service Order DSO, uye akacherechedzwa nokuda kwevashandi venguva yemberi. 