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Belmore : the Lowry Corrys of Castle Coole, 1646-1913 / Peter Marson.

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Belmore : the Lowry Corrys of Castle Coole, 1646-1913 / Peter Marson.
Author
Marson, Peter.
Publication
Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2007.

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Description
xiii, 290 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
Summary
"This is the fascinating story of two families who left Dumfries in the mid 17th century to settle in Fermanagh and Tyrone. The marriage of Galbraith Lowry to Sarah Corry united their considerable fortunes and political clout. Their only surviving son, Armar Lowry Corry inherited some 70,000 acres and an income of 12,000 and moved up in the heady world of Irish society and politics as Baron Belmore with a marriage arranged to a beautiful young wife and heiress, the eldest daughter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. To celebrate he built a great fashionable house, Castle Coole, today one of the jewels in the crown of Ireland's built heritage. One year later his life was in despair; his marriage over, leaving him with a baby girl and a sickly son. The expense of building and politicking made him 'poor as a rat'. Bitter opposition to the Union with England in 1801 resulted in their exclusion from political power for many years"--Jacket.
Subject
  • Lowry Corry family
  • Belmore, Armar Lowry-Corry, Earl, 1740-1802 > Family
  • Lowry Corry family > Homes and haunts > Northern Ireland
  • Castle Coole (Enniskillen, Northern Ireland)
  • Castle Coole (Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) > History
  • Nobility > Northern Ireland > Biography
  • Country homes > Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland > Genealogy
Genre/Form
  • Genealogy
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Lord of the mountains: Armar, First Earl Belmore, 1740-1802 -- The lame Earl: Somerset, Second Earl Belmore, 1774-1841 -- A retiring man: Armar, Third Earl Belmore, 1801-1845 -- A practical man: Somerset Richard, Fourth Earl Belmore, 1835-1913.
ISBN
  • 1903688647
  • 9781903688649
OCLC
  • 156780644
  • SCSB-11400193
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Harvard Library