Colonel James Corry

Colonel James Corry (1634 – 1 May 1718) was an Irish politician and soldier.

He was the son of John Corry and his wife Blanch Johnston, originally from Dumfries in Scotland. His father was a merchant who moved to Ireland in 1641 and settled first in Belfast, then in Fermanagh from 1656. In 1666, Corry was appointed captain of the Fermanagh Militia by the Duke of Ormonde and became its colonel in 1689.

• High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1671
• High Sheriff of Monaghan in 1677.

He was accused of supporting King James II of England in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, although his loyalty to King William III of England was confirmed in 1689 and he was acquitted. Corry was elected a Member of Parliament for Fermanagh in 1692, and represented the constituency until his death in 1718. He was a deputy governor from 1697 and was appointed Governor of Fermanagh in 1705.

In February 1663, he married firstly, Sarah Anketill, daughter of Captain Oliver Anketill. She gave birth to three daughters and a son,

• John.
• Sarah died in 1683, Corry married secondly Lucy Mervyn, daughter of Henry Mervyn in 1663

Their only child, a daughter, died as an infant and Lucy herself some years later.

In 1691, Corry married thirdly Elizabeth Harryman. Their marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1696.

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References

• Marson, Peter (2007). Belmore: The Lowry Corrys of Castle Coole 1646-1913. Ulster Historical Foundation. pp. 8–9. ISBN 1-903688-64-7.
• Ulster Archaeological Society (1896). Francis Joseph Bigger & Robert M. Young, ed. Ulster Journal of Archaeology. vol. II. Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co. Limited. pp. 108–118.
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p13885.htm#i138847 - Colonel James Corry". Retrieved 20 February 2007.