Background
CORY, Clifford John was born in 1859 in Cardiif. Son of late John Cory.
CORY, Clifford John was born in 1859 in Cardiif. Son of late John Cory.
Privately and on the Continent.
Formerly capt. 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment. Contested South Monmouthshire, 1895. Tonbridge Division of Kent, 1900.
High Sheriff of Monmouthshire, 1905. County Councillor for Glamorganshire since 1892. President of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners' Association, 1906.
Chairman (pro tern.) of the Conciliation Board for the Coal Trade of Monmouthshire and South Wales, 1906. Also Chairman, Cardiff Liberal Association. President Cardiff Incorporated Chamber of Commerce, 1907 and 1908. 1st Baronet, cartulary-register 1907; Justice of the Peace, Member of Parliament (Liberal) St. Ives Division since 1906; member of,Cory Bros, and Company, Ltd., colliery proprietors and coal exporters.
Liberal.
Clubs: Isthmian, Devonshire, National, National Liberal, New.
Hunting, shooting, farming, polo.
Spouse 1893, Jane Ann Gordon,daughter of late Albert Arthur Erin Lethbridge.