Geoffrey Geoffrey Cory-Wright

August 26, 1892 (age 76)

A Regular Officer, on 29 August 1914 he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant. He fought in World War I, where he was wounded. He gained the rank of Captain in the 3rd Battalion, East Kent Regiment. He gained the rank of Flight Commander in the Royal Flying Corps. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Cory-Wright, of Caen Wood Towers, Highgate Saint Pancras, Company London and Hornsey, Company Middlesex on the death of his father on 21 April 1951. Because of the celebrity of his father-in-law, the World War I wedding was filmed, showing the bride leaving with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from the parental home and arriving at the church. Felicity Tree"s two sisters are shown as bridesmaids with Lady Tree followed by the bride and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. The bride and her father are shown entering the car, and the bride and groom leaving the church, posing for the camera. The couple went on to have five children. A photographer, 11 of his pictures were used to illustrate a book about Holkham Hall. In 1956 he and his collection of antique paperweights were featured in an advertising campaign for Passing Clouds cigarettes.

Geoffrey Geoffrey Cory-Wright

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Regular Officer Temporary Lieutenant

Background

He was the son of Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright, 2nd Baronet, and Elizabeth Olive Clothier.

Education

He was educated at Harrow School, and at University College, Oxford.

Career

A Regular Officer, on 29 August 1914 he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant. He fought in World War I, where he was wounded. He gained the rank of Captain in the 3rd Battalion, East Kent Regiment.

He gained the rank of Flight Commander in the Royal Flying Corps.

He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Cory-Wright, of Caen Wood Towers, Highgate Saint Pancras, Company London and Hornsey, Company

Middlesex on the death of his father on 21 April 1951. Because of the celebrity of his father-in-law, the World War I wedding was filmed, showing the bride leaving with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from the parental home and arriving at the church.

Felicity Tree"s two sisters are shown as bridesmaids with Lady Tree followed by the bride and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.

The bride and her father are shown entering the car, and the bride and groom leaving the church, posing for the camera. The couple went on to have five children. A photographer, 11 of his pictures were used to illustrate a book about Holkham Hall.

In 1956 he and his collection of antique paperweights were featured in an advertising campaign for Passing Clouds cigarettes.

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