henry, lowry, corry, 1803, 1873, nephew, henry, lowry, corry, 1845, 1927, henry, thomas, lowry, corry, march, 1803, march, 1873, british, conservative, politician, briefly, first, lord, admiralty, right, honourablehenry, lowry, corrypcfirst, lord, admiraltyin,. For his nephew see Henry Lowry Corry 1845 1927 Henry Thomas Lowry Corry PC 9 March 1803 5 March 1873 was a British Conservative politician briefly First Lord of the Admiralty The Right HonourableHenry Lowry CorryPCFirst Lord of the AdmiraltyIn office 8 March 1867 1 December 1868MonarchVictoriaPrime MinisterThe Earl of Derby Benjamin DisraeliPreceded bySir John Pakington BtSucceeded byHugh ChildersPersonal detailsBorn 1803 03 09 9 March 1803Died5 March 1873 1873 03 05 aged 69 NationalityBritishPolitical partyConservativeSpouse s Lady Harriet Ashley Cooper d 1868 Contents 1 Background 2 Political career 3 Family 4 References 5 External linksBackground EditLowry Corry was the younger son of Somerset Lowry Corry 2nd Earl Belmore and Lady Juliana Butler daughter of Henry Butler 2nd Earl of Carrick citation needed Political career EditLowry Corry entered Parliament for County Tyrone in 1825 a seat he held until his death 48 years later 1 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1835 2 He served as Comptroller of the Household under Sir Robert Peel between 1834 and 1835 as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty under Peel between 1841 and 1845 as First Secretary of the Admiralty under Peel again between 1845 and 1846 Under Lord Derby between 1858 and 1859 and as Vice President of the Committee on Education between 1867 and 1867 The latter year Derby promoted him to First Lord of the Admiralty with a seat in the cabinet a position he held until December 1868 the last nine months under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli At the time of his death he was the longest serving member of the House of Commons known as Father of the House 3 Family EditLowry Corry married Lady Harriet Ashley Cooper daughter of Cropley Ashley Cooper 6th Earl of Shaftesbury by his wife Lady Anne Spencer fourth daughter of George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough in 1830 and had issue Armar Henry Lowry Corry 14 March 1836 9 September 1893 who was married and had issue Montagu Corry 1st Baron Rowton 8 October 1838 9 November 1903 who was Private Secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and was created Lord Rowton in 1880 Lowry Corry survived his wife Lady Harriet by five years and died on 5 March 1873 aged 69 3 References Edit leighrayment com House of Commons Tipperary South Tyrone West Archived from the original on 15 July 2018 Retrieved 7 July 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link leighrayment com Privy Counsellors 1679 1835 Usurped a b LOWRY CORRY Hon Henry Thomas 1803 1873 History of Parliament Online historyofparliamentonline org External links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Henry Lowry CorryParliament of the United KingdomPreceded bySir John Stewart BtWilliam Stewart Member of Parliament for Tyrone1825 1873 With William Stewart 1825 1830Sir Hugh Stewart Bt 1830 1835Lord Claud Hamilton 1835 1837 amp 1839 1873Viscount Alexander 1837 1839 Succeeded byLord Claud HamiltonHon Henry Lowry CorryHonorary titlesPreceded byThomas Peers Williams Father of the House1868 1873 Succeeded byGeorge Weld Forester 3rd Baron ForesterPolitical officesPreceded byLord Robert Grosvenor Comptroller of the Household1834 1835 Succeeded byGeorge ByngPreceded byLord Dalmeny Civil Lord of the Admiralty1841 1845 Succeeded byHon Henry FitzRoyPreceded byHon Sidney Herbert First Secretary of the Admiralty1845 1846 Succeeded byHenry George WardPreceded byRalph Bernal Osborne First Secretary of the Admiralty1858 1859 Succeeded byLord Clarence PagetPreceded byHenry Bruce Vice President of the Committee of the Council on Education1866 1867 Succeeded byLord Robert MontaguPreceded bySir John Pakington Bt First Lord of the Admiralty1867 1868 Succeeded byHugh Childers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Lowry Corry 1803 1873 amp oldid 1118200810, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
