Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore
Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore (28 December 1801 – 17 December 1845), styled Viscount Corry from 1802 to 1841, was an Irish nobleman and politician.
Background and career
Lowry-Corry was the eldest son of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore and his wife Lady Juliana Butler. His younger brother was Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry, who served as First Lord of the Admiralty under Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli.
He studied at Christ Church, Oxford and was the Tory Member of Parliament for County Fermanagh from 1823 to 1831 and was appointed High Sheriff of County Fermanagh in 1832.
Family
Lord Belmore married Emily Louise Shepherd, youngest daughter and co-heiress of William Shepherd, of Brabourne, Kent, by his wife Anne Lovel Dawson, daughter of Thomas Dawson, of Edwardstone Hall, Suffolk, and had issue:
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
- Admiral Hon. Armar Lowry-Corry RN (25 May 1836 – 1 August 1919), who was married on 8 February 1868 to Geraldine King-King (d. 8 January 1905), fifth daughter of James King-King MP, of Staunton Park, Hereford, by his wife Mary Cochrane Mackenzie, fourth daughter of Kenneth Francis Mackenzie, and had issue
- Hon. Frederick Cecil George Lowry-Corry (24 June 1839 – 12 May 1855)
- Colonel Hon. Henry William Lowry-Corry (30 June 1845 – 6 May 1927), who was married on 21 September 1876 to Hon. Blanche Edith Wood (d. 21 July 1921), third daughter of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, by his wife Lady Mary Grey, fifth daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, and had issue
Lord Belmore died on 17 December 1845 aged 43 and was succeeded by his eldest son. Lady Belmore died in 1904.
References
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- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Belmore
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Fermanagh 1823–1831 With: Mervyn Archdall |
Succeeded by Mervyn Archdall Viscount Cole |
Peerage of Ireland | ||
Preceded by | Earl Belmore 1841–1845 |
Succeeded by Somerset Lowry-Corry |
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- Earls in the Peerage of Ireland
- High Sheriffs of County Fermanagh
- 1801 births
- 1845 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Irish constituencies (1801–1922)
- Tory MPs (pre-1834)
- UK MPs 1820–26
- UK MPs 1826–30
- UK MPs 1830–31
- Lowry-Corry family