Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry

b. 1803-03-09

d. 1873-03-06

Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, secretary to the Admiralty, was born in Dublin on 9 March 1803 and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.1 He entered the House of Commons in 1825 as Conservative member for his family's constitutency of Tyrone County and served as comptroller of the household (1834-35), junior lord of the admiralty (1841-45), and as secretary to the admiralty (1845-46, and 1858-59).2 In 1866-67 he became vice-president of the Council on Education and in March 1867 first lord of the admiralty, with a seat in the cabinet.3 Corry retained his connection with his Tyrone constituency until his death in Bournemouth on 6 March 1873.4

1. E. J. Feuchtwanger, Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.

Mentions of this person in the documents

Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 22 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2878, 283.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 26 June 1858, CO 6:25, no. 6158, 3.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 28 June 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6214, 291.
Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 4 August 1858, CO 305:9, no. 7714, 297.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 2 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10073, 17.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 2 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10074, 18.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 2 October 1858, CO 6:25, no. 10141, 71.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 5 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10184, 21.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 11 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10358, 27.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Carnarvon, Earl 13 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10430, 29.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 15 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12787, 64.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 18 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 13024, 69.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 15 January 1859, CO 60:5, no. 590, 291.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 15 January 1859, CO 60:5, no. 591, 295.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 17 January 1859, CO 305:12, no. 592, 5.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 18 February 1859, CO 60:5, no. 1919, 303.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 21 February 1859, CO 60:5, no. 2010, 305.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Carnarvon, Earl 21 February 1859, CO 305:12, no. 2062, 9.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 3 March 1859, CO 305:12, no. 2427, 13.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 7 March 1859, CO 60:5, no. 2501, 313.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 21 March 1859, CO 60:5, no. 3057, 314.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 24 March 1859, CO 60:5, no. 3122, 324.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Carnarvon, Earl 28 March 1859, CO 305:12, no. 3328, 22.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 6 April 1859, CO 60:5, no. 3711, 328.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 15 April 1859, CO 60:5, no. 4105, 351.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 18 April 1859, CO 60:5, no. 4158, 354.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Carnarvon, Earl 20 April 1859, CO 305:12, no. 4250, 26.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 4 May 1859, CO 60:5, no. 4666, 356.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 10 June 1859, CO 60:5, no. 6147, 372.
Lugard, Sir Edward to Merivale, Herman 16 June 1859, CO 60:6, no. 6306, 282.

Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry