Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore

Cecil Lowry-Corry
6th Earl Belmore
PredecessorArmar Lowry-Corry, 5th Earl Belmore
SuccessorGalbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore
BornCecil Lowry-Corry
(1873-03-20)20 March 1873
Died2 March 1949(1949-03-02) (aged 75)
Noble familyLowry-Corry
FatherSomerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore

Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore (20 March 1873 – 2 March 1949) was the son of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore and the brother of Armar Lowry-Corry, 5th Earl Belmore.

Career

Educated at Wellington College, Lowry-Corry held the offices of justice of the peace for County Tyrone and County Fermanagh, deputy lieutenant of County Fermanagh.

Lowry-Corry also served as the High Sheriff of County Tyrone in 1916 and High Sheriff of County Fermanagh in 1922. He was also chairman of Fermanagh County Council from 1943 and then of Enniskillen Rural District Council. He was also a member of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland and honorary secretary of the Clogher Diocesan Fund.

Earl Belmore

He succeeded to the title on 12 February 1948 on the death of his brother, but died just over a year later, on 2 March 1949, aged 76, being succeeded by his cousin, Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore.[1]

References

  1. ^ Culture Northern Ireland Lord Belmore: Connoisseur, Collector of Art 11 April 2011 Archived 7 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Lowry-Corry, Hon. Cecil" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 140  – via Wikisource.


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