Henry Lowry-Corry (1845–1927)

Colonel Henry William Lowry-Corry DL, JP (30 June 1845 – 6 May 1927), styled The Honourable from birth, was a British Army officer and Conservative politician.

Background

Born at Castle Coole, County Fermanagh on 30 June 1845 and baptised at the local parish church at Derryvullen a month later, he was the youngest son of Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore and his wife Emily Louise Shepherd, youngest daughter of William Shepherd.[1] Lowry-Corry was educated at Eton College and then at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[2] Thereafter he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1866 and a Master of Arts four years later.[3] He lived at Edwardstone Hall in Suffolk. There is a memorial to him in the church of St Mary the Virgin in Edwardstone.

Memorial to Henry Lowry-Corry in the church of St Mary the Virgin, Edwardstone

Career

Lowry-Corry was commissioned into the 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards, serving in the Suakin Expedition in 1885, for which he received the Egypt Medal with a clasp and the Khedive's Star.[4] In 1903, he retired as colonel.[5] He entered the British House of Commons in 1873, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for County Tyrone until 1880.[6] Lowry-Corry was a deputy lieutenant for Suffolk[7] and represented it also as a justice of the peace.[2] He was chairman of the county's Quarter Sessions, a vice-chairman of the Territorial Force Association.[5]

Family

On 21 September 1876, he married Hon. Blanche Edith Wood, daughter of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax by his wife Lady Mary Grey, fifth daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey[8] and had issue:[9]

References

  1. Joseph Jackson Howard and Frederick Arthur Crisp, ed. (1897). Visitation of Ireland. Vol. I. p. 4.
  2. Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. p. 839.
  3. "Corry or Lowry-Corry, the Hon. Henry William Lowry-Corry (CRY863HW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. Who Is Who 1926. London: A. & C. Black Ltd. 1926. p. 1784.
  5. Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companioage. J. Whitaker & Sons. 1923. p. 147.
  6. "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Tyrone". Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "No. 28594". The London Gazette. 29 March 1912. p. 2302.
  8. "ThePeerage – Colonel Henry William Lowry-Corry". Retrieved 22 February 2007.
  9. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial families. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works. p. 630.
  10. "Casualty Details | CWGC".
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