Cory-Wright baronets

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The Cory-Wright Baronetcy, of Caen Wood Towers, High Gate, in St. Pancras in the County of London and Hornsey in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created on 28 August 1903 for Cory Cory-Wright, Chairman of William Cory & Son, coal and oil shippers. [2] Born Cory Wright, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Cory in 1903. [3] He was High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1902.

The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1921. [2] The third Baronet was the husband of Felicity Tree, daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.

The present Baronet is the son of Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright (1916–1944) and Susan Esterel Elwes. Captain Cory-Wright was the eldest son of Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, the 3rd Baronet Cory-Wright. [2] Captain Cory-Wright was killed in action on 26 June 1944, aged 27, at Saint-Manvieu, Normandy in France, when the present Baronet was only six months old. His mother remarried, in 1949, to Lt.-Col. Jocelyn Eustace Gurney. [2]

The Cory-Wright Mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery (West) The Cory-Wright Mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery (West).jpg
The Cory-Wright Mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery (West)

Cory-Wright baronets, of Caen Wood Towers and Hornsey (1903)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Roland Anthony Cory-Wright (born 1979). [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ "No. 27582". The London Gazette . 31 July 1903. p. 4818.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, pp. 906–907
  3. 1 2 Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. pp. 1140–1141. ISBN   033354577X.
  4. 1 2 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 2177-8–3.
  5. ↑ "Cory-Wright, Sir Cory Francis" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ "Cory-Wright, Sir Arthur Cory" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ↑ "Cory-Wright, Sir Geoffrey" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. 1 2 "Cory-Wright, Sir Richard (Michael)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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