Colonel Henry William Lowry-Corry Doctor of Laws, Justice of the Peace, 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.
Education
Lowry-Corry was educated at Eton College and then at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. 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.
Career
In 1903, he retired as colonel. Lowry-Corry was a Deputy Lieutenant for Suffolk and represented it also as a Justice of the Peace. He was chairman of the county"s Quarter Sessions, a vice-chairman of the Territorial Force Association.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Charles Lowry-Corry Military Cross Doctor of Laws (20 February 1887 –23 December 1973), who was decorated for his service in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War.
He was a prisoner of war from 1942 to 1945. Frederick Richard Henry Lowry-Corry (13 May 1890 –30 September 1915), who fought as a lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War and died from wounds received in action aged 25.
Achievements
Membership
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament]
He entered the British House of Commons in 1873, sitting as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for County Tyrone until 1880.