Earl Belmore
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Earl Belmore is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1797 for Armar Lowry-Corry, who had previously represented County Tyrone in the Irish House of Commons. Lowry-Corry had already been created Baron Belmore, of Castle Coole in the County of Fermanagh, in 1781 and Viscount Belmore in 1789, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The second Earl was the father of the Conservative politician Henry Lowry-Corry, who himself was the father of Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton. The former seat of the Lowry-Corry family is Castle Coole in County Fermanagh.
As the earldom lacks an available courtesy title the eldest son uses the invented title of Viscount Corry.
[edit] Earls Belmore (1797)
- Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore (1740-1802)
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore (1774-1841), elected a Representative Peer in 1819
- Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore (1801-1845)
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (1835-1913), elected a Representative Peer in 1857
- Armar Lowry-Corry, 5th Earl Belmore (1870-1948)
- Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore (1873-1949)
- Galbraith Armar Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore (1913-1960)
- John Armar Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore (b. 1951)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son John Armar Galbraith Lowry-Corry, Viscount Corry (b. 2 November 1985)
