The Right Honourable Henry Lowry-Corry PC |
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First Lord of the Admiralty | |
In office 8 March 1867 – 1 December 1868 |
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Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister |
The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
Preceded by | Sir John Pakington, Bt |
Succeeded by | Hugh Childers |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 March 1803 |
Died | 6 March 1873 (aged 69) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Lady Harriet Ashley-Cooper (d. 1868) |
The Right Honourable Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry PC (9 March 1803 – 6 March 1873) was a British Conservative politician, briefly First Lord of the Admiralty.
Lowry-Corry was the younger son of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore, and Lady Juliana Butler, daughter of Henry Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick.
Lowry-Corry entered Parliament for County Tyrone in 1825, a seat he held until his death 48 years later, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1835. 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. His long continuous service meant he was Father of the House from 1868.