Background
He was the son of Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet, and Mima Owen.
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Arthur Cory
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He was educated at Harrow School and at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1891 with a Bachelor and with an Master of Arts in 1896.
Career
He was a Justice of the Peace (Justice of the Peace) for Middlesex and Hertfordshire. At that time his father was the Company"s senior partner. When William Cory & Son was floated as a limited liability company in 1896, Arthur Cory-Wright joined the Board of Directors when his father was elected its first Chairman.
Arthur Cory-Wright became Chairman on the death of his father in 1909.
He was also Chairman and Director of Messrs. Rickett, Cockerell & Company
Limited., and several other companies involved in the coal trade. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Cory-Wright, of Caen Wood Towers, Highgate Saint Pancras, company
London and Hornsey, company
Middlesex on the death of his father on 30 May 1909. Cory-Wright was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1921. Sir Arthur Cory-Wright died on 21 April 1951, aged 81.
Membership
In 1919 he was a member of the Portuguese of London Authority.
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Nationality
British