Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Rowton
Order1:Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Term Start1:1868
Term End1:1868
Primeminister1:Benjamin Disraeli
Term Start2:1874
Term End2:1880
Primeminister2:Benjamin Disraeli
(Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876)
Birth Name:Montagu William Lowry-Corry
Birth Date:8 October 1838
Birth Place:London
Death Date:9 November 1903
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge

Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton, (8 October 1838 – 9 November 1903), also known as "Monty", was a British philanthropist and public servant, best known for serving as Benjamin Disraeli's private secretary from 1866 until the latter's death in 1881.

Background and education

Born in Grosvenor Square, London,[1] Lowry-Corry was the second son of the Honourable Henry Lowry-Corry by his wife Lady Harriet, daughter of the 6th Earl of Shaftesbury. The social reformer, the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, was his maternal uncle.[2] He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1863.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Complete Peerage, Volume XI. 1949. St Catherine Press, London. 214.
  2. http://www.thepeerage.com/p24184.htm thepeerage.com Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st and last Baron Rowton