Armar Lowry-Corry, 5th Earl Belmore explained

Armar Lowry-Corry, 5th Earl Belmore (5 May 1870 – 12 February 1948) was an Irish nobleman and the eldest son of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore.

Early years

He was born in Government House, Sydney in Australia during his father's term as Governor of New South Wales, baptised in Sydney Cathedral and styled Viscount Corry until he succeeded his father in the earldom in 1913.

Education

From 1881 to 1883 Corry attended Malvern House Preparatory School, near Dover, then from 1883 to 1887 Winchester College. Before Cambridge he spent a year at the Rev. A. K. Harlock's school in Brussels, and finally was at Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1888, where he graduated in 1891.[1]

Notes and References

  1. The International Who's Who (1911), p. 315