Earl of Belmore in County Ferman is an ancestral title in the Irish Peer system . The title was created in 1797 for Armar Lauri-Corry, 1st Viscount Belmore (1740-1802). He previously represented County of Tyrone in the Irish House of Commons . He also received the titles of Baron Belmore from Cast Kool in the county of Ferman and Viscount Belmore in 1789 (peerage of Ireland). Armar Lauri was the son of Galbraith Lauri, a member of the Irish House of Commons from the county of Tyrone, and his wife Sarah, daughter of Colonel John Corrie . In 1774, he received royal permission for the additional surname "Corrie." In 1802, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Somerset Lauri-Corrie, 2nd Earl of Belmore (1774-1841). He represented the county of Tyrone in the Irish and British Houses of Commons , sat in the House of Lords as one of the elected Irish peers-representatives from 1819 to 1841 , and also served as governor of the island of Jamaica (1828-1832).
His eldest son, Armar Lauri-Corry, 3rd Earl of Belmore (1801–1845), represented Ferman County in Parliament (1823–1831). His eldest son was Somerset Lauri-Corry, 4th Earl of Belmore (1835-1913). He served in the House of Lords as one of the elected Irish peers-representatives from 1857 to 1913 , and also served as Under Secretary of State for the Government of the Earl of Derby (1866-1867). In 1867 - 1872 - Governor of New South Wales , also was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Tyrone (1892-1913). In 1949, after the death of the childless Cecil Lauri-Corry, 6th Earl of Belmore (1873-1949), the count's title was inherited by his cousin , Galbraith Lauri-Corrie, 7th Earl (1913-1960). He was the son of Adrian Lauri-Corry, the fifth son of Admiral Armar Lauri-Corry, the second son of the 3rd Earl of Belmore.
As of 2014 , the title holder is his son, John Lauri-Corry (born 1951 ), who inherited his father in 1960 .
Famous members of the Lauri Corry clan
- Hon. Henry Lauri-Corry (1803–1873), conservative politician , first lord of the Admiralty (1866–1867), second son of the 2nd Earl of Belmore, deputy of the House of Commons from Tyrone (1825–1873)
- Montague William Lauri-Corrie (1838-1903), 1st Baron Rawton (since 1880 ), the youngest son of the previous one, personal secretary of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
- The Honorable Armar Lauri-Corrie (1836-1919), Admiral of the British Royal Navy , second son of the 3rd Earl of Belmore
- The Honorable Henry Lauri-Corry (1845-1927), the youngest son of the 3rd Earl of Belmore, a deputy of the House of Commons from the county of Tyrone (1873-1880).
The courtesy title of Count Belmore’s heir is Viscount Corry.
The family residence is Castle Cool , near Enniskillen in Ferman County .
Earls of Belmore (1797)
- 1797-1802: Armar Lauri-Corry, 1st Earl of Belmore (April 7, 1740 - February 2, 1802), the eldest son of Galbraith Lauri (later Lauri-Corrie)
- 1802-1841: Somerset Lauri-Corrie, 2nd Earl of Belmore (July 11, 1774 - April 18, 1841), second son of a previous marriage
- 1841-1845: Armar Lauri-Corry, 3rd Earl of Belmore (December 23, 1801 - December 17, 1845), the eldest son of the previous
- 1845-1913: Somerset Lauri-Corrie, 4th Earl of Belmore (April 9, 1835 - April 6, 1913), the eldest son of the previous
- 1913-1948: Armar Lauri-Corry, 5th Earl of Belmore (May 5, 1870 - February 12, 1948), the eldest son of the previous
- 1948-1949: Cecil Lauri-Corry, 6th Earl of Belmore (March 20, 1873 - March 2, 1949), second son of the 4th Earl of Belmore
- 1949-1960: Galbraith Armar Lauri-Corry, 7th Earl of Belmore (April 14, 1913 - July 20, 1960), son of Major Adrian Lauri-Corry (1876-1921), grandson of Admiral Armar Lauri-Corry (1836-1919) and great-grandson 3rd Earl of Belmore
- 1960 - present: John Lauri-Corrie, 8th Earl of Belmore (born September 4, 1951), the only son of the previous
- Heir: John Galbraith Armar Lauri-Corry, Viscount Corry (born November 2, 1985), the eldest son of the previous one.
Links
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- thepeerage.com