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Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore
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Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore (11 July 1774 - 18 April 1841), known as Viscount Corry from 1797 to 1802, was an Irish nobleman and politician.
Lowry-Corry was the only surviving son of Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore, and his first wife Lady Margaret Butler. He was Member of the Irish House of Commons for County Tyrone from 1797 to 1800 and also represented County Tyrone in the British House of Commons from 1801 to 1802. He was elected as a Representative Peer for Ireland in 1819 and served as Governor of Jamaica from 1828 to 1832. He was also a colonel in the Tyrone Militia.
On 20 October 1800 Somerset married his cousin Lady Juliana Butler, the second daughter of Henry Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick, and had issue:
Lord Belmore died on 18 April 1841 aged 66, and was succeeded by his eldest son. Lady Belmore died in 1861.
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