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Paternal Family Tree: Lowry-Corry
On 7th April 1740 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore was born to Galbraith Lowry aka Lowry-Corry.
In 1768 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 27) was elected MP Tyrone which seat he held until 1781.
Around 1771. Robert Hunter (age 51). Portrait of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 30).
On 3rd October 1771 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 31) and Margaret Butler (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 11th July 1774 [his son] Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore was born to Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 34) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 26) at Sackville Street Dublin.
In April 1775 [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 27) died.
On 2nd March 1780 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 39) and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 56) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire.
The London Gazette 12146. St. James's, 23rd December 1780. The King has been pleased to order Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the Kingdom of Ireland, containing His Majesty's Grants of the Dignity of a Baron of the said Kingdom unto the following Gentlemen, and their Heirs Male, of the Names, Stiles and Titles as undermentioned viz.
James Dennis, Esq; Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, Baron Tracton, of Tracton Abbey, in the County of Cork.
Sir Robert Tilson Deane, Bart. Baron Muskery, in the County of Cork.
Armar Lowry Corry (age 40), Esq; Baron Belmore, of Castlecoole, in the County of Fermanagh.
Thomas Knox, Esq; Baron Welles, of Dungannon, in the County of Tyrone.
John Baker Holroyd (age 45), Esq; Baron Sheffield, of Dunamore, in the County of Meath.
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On 3rd April 1781 [his daughter] Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich was born to Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 40) and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 18).
On 21st February 1789 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 65) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 68) and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
On 6th December 1789 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 49) was created 1st Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh. [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 27) by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.
The London Gazette 13156. 7th December 1789. Dublin-Castle; December 7, 1789.
His Majesty's Royal Letters are received for advancing the following Noblemen respectively to the Dignity of a Viscount of this Kingdom, and Letters Patent are preparing to be pasted under the Great Seal accordingly, viz.
Armor Lowry, Lord Belmore (age 49), to be Viscount Belmore, of the County of Fermanagh.
Francis Pierpoint, Lord Conyngham (age 22), [Note. This appears to be a mistake for Henry?] to be Viscount Conyngham, of Slane in the County of Meath.
And Charles, Lord Loftus (age 51), to be Viscount Loftus, of Ely.
Before 4th April 1793 the marriage of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 52) and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 30) was dissolved by an Act of Parliament. She remarried on 4th April 1793 to William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 29). He remarried a year later.
On 4th April 1793 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 29) and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 30) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 69) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 56) and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian.
On 1st March 1794 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 53) and Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore (age 38) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.
On 4th February 1795 George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 74) died. His son Richard (age 30) succeeded 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. [his sister-in-law] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 27) by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.
On 30th November 1797 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 57) was created 1st Earl Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. [his wife] Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore (age 42) by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 20th October 1800 [his son] Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Juliana Butler Countess Belmore (age 17) were married. He the son of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 60) and [his former wife] Margaret Butler. They were first cousins.
On 2nd February 1802 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 61) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son [his son] Somerset (age 27) succeeded 2nd Earl Belmore in the County of Fermanagh, Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh and Baron Belmore of Castle Coole in the County of Fermanagh. [his daughter-in-law] Juliana Butler Countess Belmore (age 18) by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 14th July 1805 [his former wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 43) died.
On 13th December 1841 [his former wife] Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore (age 86) died.