Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore (28 December 1801 – 17 December 1845), known as Viscount Corry from 1802 to 1841, was an Irish nobleman and politician.

Background and career

Lowry-Corry was the eldest son of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore

Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore

Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore , styled The Honourable from 1781 to 1797 and then known as Viscount Corry to 1802, was an Irish nobleman and politician.-Politics and inheritance:...

 and his wife Lady Juliana Butler. His younger brother was Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry, who served as First Lord of the Admiralty under Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli.

He studied at Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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 and was the Tory

Tory

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 Member of Parliament

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 for County Fermanagh from 1823 to 1831 and was appointed High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 of County Fermanagh

County Fermanagh

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 in 1832.

Family

Lord Belmore married Emily Louise Shepherd, youngest daughter and co-heiress of William Shepherd, of Brabourne, Kent, by his wife Anne Lovel Dawson, daughter of Thomas Dawson, of Edwardstone Hall, Suffolk, and had issue:

• Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
  Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
  Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore GCMG, PC , styled as Viscount Corry from 1841 to 1845, was an Irish nobleman and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
  
  
• Admiral Hon. Armar Lowry-Corry RN
  Royal Navy
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   (25 May 1836 – 1 August 1919), who was married on 8 February 1868 to Geraldine King-King (d. 8 January 1905), fifth daughter of James King-King MP, of Staunton Park, Hereford, by his wife Mary Cochrane Mackenzie, fourth daughter of Kenneth Francis Mackenzie, and had issue
• Hon. Frederick Cecil George Lowry-Corry (24 June 1839 – 12 May 1855)
• Colonel Hon. Henry William Lowry-Corry
  Henry William Lowry-Corry
  Colonel Henry William Lowry-Corry DL, JP , styled The Honourable from birth, was a British soldier and Conservative politician.-Background:...
  
   (30 June 1845 – 6 May 1927), who was married on 21 September 1876 to Hon. Blanche Edith Wood (d. 21 July 1921), third daughter of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
  Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
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  , by his wife Lady Mary Grey, fifth daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
  Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
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  , and had issue

Lord Belmore died on 17 December 1845 aged 43 and was succeeded by his eldest son. Lady Belmore died in 1904.