Paternal Family Tree: Lowry-Corry
On 7th April 1740 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore was born to [his father] Galbraith Lowry aka Lowry-Corry.
In November 1763 [his brother-in-law] William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen (age 27) and [his sister] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen (age 21) were married.
In 1768 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 27) was elected MP Tyrone which seat he held until 1781.
Around 1771. Robert Hunter (age 51). Portrait of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 30).
On 3rd October 1771 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 31) and Margaret Butler (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 11th July 1774 [his son] Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore was born to Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 34) and [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 26) at Sackville Street Dublin. He married 20th October 1800 his first cousin Juliana Butler Countess Belmore and had issue.
In April 1775 [his wife] Margaret Butler (age 27) died.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 2nd March 1780 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 39) and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 56) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire.
The London Gazette 12146. St. James's, 23rd December 1780. The King has been pleased to order Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the Kingdom of Ireland, containing His Majesty's Grants of the Dignity of a Baron of the said Kingdom unto the following Gentlemen, and their Heirs Male, of the Names, Stiles and Titles as undermentioned viz.
James Dennis, Esq; Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, Baron Tracton, of Tracton Abbey, in the County of Cork.
Sir Robert Tilson Deane, Bart. Baron Muskery, in the County of Cork.
Armar Lowry Corry (age 40), Esq; Baron Belmore, of Castlecoole, in the County of Fermanagh.
Thomas Knox, Esq; Baron Welles, of Dungannon, in the County of Tyrone.
John Baker Holroyd (age 45), Esq; Baron Sheffield, of Dunamore, in the County of Meath.
On 3rd April 1781 [his daughter] Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich was born to Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 40) and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 18). She married 9th July 1804 George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich, son of John Montagu 5th Earl Sandwich and Maria Henrietta Powlett, and had issue.
In 1789 [his brother-in-law] William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen (age 52) was created 1st Earl Enniskillen. [his sister] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen (age 47) by marriage Countess Enniskillen.
On 21st February 1789 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 65) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 68) and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
On 6th December 1789 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 49) was created 1st Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh. [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 27) by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.
The London Gazette 13156. 7th December 1789. Dublin-Castle; December 7, 1789.
His Majesty's Royal Letters are received for advancing the following Noblemen respectively to the Dignity of a Viscount of this Kingdom, and Letters Patent are preparing to be pasted under the Great Seal accordingly, viz.
Armor Lowry, Lord Belmore (age 49), to be Viscount Belmore, of the County of Fermanagh.
Francis Pierpoint, Lord Conyngham (age 22), [Note. This appears to be a mistake for Henry?] to be Viscount Conyngham, of Slane in the County of Meath.
And Charles, Lord Loftus (age 51), to be Viscount Loftus, of Ely.
In 1793 [his son] Rear-Admiral Armar Lowry-Corry was born to Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 52) and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 30).
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Before 4th April 1793 the marriage of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 52) and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 30) was dissolved by an Act of Parliament. She remarried on 4th April 1793 to William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 29). He remarried a year later.
On 4th April 1793 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 29) and [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 30) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 69) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 56) and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian.
On 3rd August 1793 [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 69) died. His half brother George (age 61) succeeded 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baron Hobart, 7th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire (age 54) by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire. [his wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 31) inherited Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].
In 1794 Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 54) and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway.
On 1st March 1794 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 53) and Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore (age 38) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.
On 4th February 1795 George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 74) died. His son Richard (age 30) succeeded 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. [his sister-in-law] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 27) by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.
On 30th November 1797 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 57) was created 1st Earl Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. [his wife] Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore (age 42) by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 20th October 1800 [his son] Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Juliana Butler Countess Belmore (age 17) were married. He the son of Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 60) and [his former wife] Margaret Butler. They were first cousins.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 2nd February 1802 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore (age 61) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son Somerset (age 27) succeeded 2nd Earl Belmore in the County of Fermanagh, Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh and Baron Belmore of Castle Coole in the County of Fermanagh. [his daughter-in-law] Juliana Butler Countess Belmore (age 18) by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.
On 14th July 1805 [his former wife] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 43) died.
On 13th December 1841 [his former wife] Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore (age 86) died.