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Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton (8 October 18389 November 1903), also known as "Monty," was a British philanthropist and minor diplomat, best known for serving as Benjamin Disraeli's private secretary from 1866 until the latter's death in 1881. October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and author. ...


Corry was the second son of Henry Lowry-Corry by his wife Harriet, daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and was born in London and educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and called to the bar in 1863. His father, a son of the Earl of Belmore, represented County Tyrone in parliament continuously for forty-seven years (1826-1873), and was a member of Lord Derby's second cabinet (1866-1868) as Vice President of the Council and afterwards as First Lord of the Admiralty. Montagu Corry was thus brought up in close touch with Conservative party politics; but it is said to have been his winning personality and social accomplishments rather than his political connections that recommended him to the favorable notice of Disraeli, who in 1866 made Corry his private secretary. From this time till the statesman's death in 1881 Corry maintained his connection with Disraeli, the relations between the two men being more intimate and confidential than usually subsist between a private secretary and his political chief. When Disraeli resigned office in 1868 Corry declined various offers of public employment in order to be free to continue his services, now given gratuitously, to the Conservative leader; and when the latter returned to power in 1874, Corry resumed his position as official private secretary to the prime minister. He accompanied Disraeli (then Earl of Beaconsfield) to the Congress of Berlin in 1878, where he acted as one of the secretaries of the special embassy of Great Britain. On the defeat of the Conservatives in 1880, Corry was raised to the peerage as Baron Rowton, of Rowton Castle, Shropshire. Lord Rowton was in Algiers when Beaconsfield was stricken with his last illness in the spring of 1881; but returning post-haste across Europe, he was present at the death-bed of his old chief. Beaconsfield bequeathed to Rowton all his correspondence and other papers. Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names Kings Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College Christ Church Master Sir Martin Rees Location Trinity Street Undergraduates 656 Graduates... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Arms of Edward Smith-Stanley The Right Honourable Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC (March 29, 1799 - October 23, 1869) was a British statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. ... Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Secretary of State for Education and Skills is the chief minister of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom government. ... The First Lord of the Admiralty was a British government position in charge of the Admiralty. ... Hosted in 1878 by Otto von Bismarck, after having been demanded by the rivals of the Russian Empire, particularly by Austria-Hungary and Great Britain, a number of the nations of Europe met to revise the Treaty of San Stefano and to attend to other pressing matters. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Algiers (Fr. ...


Lord Rowton is also well-rembered as the originator of the Rowton Houses, effectively a poor mans' hotel. Lord Rowton died without heirs on the ninth of November, 1903.



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Montague William Lowry-Corry, baron Rowton - LoveToKnow 1911 (611 words)
Henry Corry by his wife Harriet, daughter of the 6th earl of Shaftesbury, was born in London on the 8th of October 1838, educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and called to the bar in 1863.
On the defeat of the Conservatives in 1880, Corry was raised to the peerage with the title of Baron Rowton, of Rowton Castle, Shropshire.
Lord Rowton was in Algiers when Beaconsfield was stricken with his last illness in the spring of 1881; but returning post-haste across Europe, he was present at the death-bed of his old chief.
GENUKI: English Peerage 1790: Barons 3 (3837 words)
JOHN GRIFFIN GRIFFIN, baron Howard of Walden and baron Braybrooke of Braybrooke; knight of the bath, lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the county of Essex, a general of his majesty's forces, colonel of the fourth regiment of dragoons, and recorder of the borough of Walden in the county of Essex.
Baron Braybrooke of Braybrooke in the county of Northampton 30 August 1788.
WILLIAM CRAVEN, baron Craven of Hampsted Marshal; lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the county of Berks, and colonel of the militia of that county, high steward of the borough of Newberry in the county of Berks, and doctor of laws.
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