Somerset Lowry-Corry (1774 - 1841)

Born 11 Jul 1774 in Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Juliana (Butler) Lowry-Corry — married 20 Oct 1800 in Mount Juliet, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1841 at age 66 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

Biography

Somerset was the son of Armar Lowry-Corry and Margaret Butler He was born in Dublin on the 11th July 1774, and succeeded to the title, 2nd Earl of Belmore, in 1802. ^[1]

He married Juliana Butler.^[2]

Somerset Lowry-Corry was an Irish Administator, a traveller and a collector. He was governor and Custos Rotulorum (Keeper of the Rolls) for County Tyrone, and at one time, for Jamaica.

Somerset Lowry-Corry was by reputation, "the lame earl who ran through most of the Belmore Estate." ^[3] He traveled extensively in Egypt, excavating in Western Thebes and exploring the Nile river as far as the Second Cataract. He traveled throughout Syria and Palestine, collecting antiquities, including a large collection of for Henry Salt which are now part of the British Museum collections. ^[4]

He died in Leamington Spa on the 18th April 1841.

Sources

1. ↑ Lodge, Edmund, The Peerage of the British Empire as at present existing, London: Saunders and Otley, 1832. Digitised by Google Books https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=y34UAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.P55
2. ↑ : The Peerage : 27925
3. ↑ quote re a family marriage on page: 20 in A Short History of the Family of Willis of Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland with particular reference to the senior branch; compiled in 1957 at Margarets, East Harling, Sussex by George Anthony Armstrong Willis - a copy of which is held by the Public Record Office Northern Ireland (PRONI)
4. ↑ Wikipedia : Henry Salt

• Dictionary of Irish Biography : Corry, Somerset Lowry by Patrick M. Geoghegan

• DRAFT (has birth date) - "Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXF-QYQV : 21 August 2019), Somerset Corry, 1807.

• DEATH - "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NXH-B1Z : 31 December 2014), Somerset Lowry Corry, 1841; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.