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The Cory-Wright Baronetcy, of Caen Wood Towers, High Gate, in St. Pancras in the County of London and Hornsey in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 August 1903 for Cory Cory-Wright, Chairman of William Cory & Son, coal and oil shippers.〔Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 907〕 Born Cory Wright, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Cory in 1903. He was High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1902. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1921.〔 The third Baronet was the husband of Felicity Tree, daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. ==Cory-Wright baronets, of Caen Wood Towers and Hornsey (1903)== *Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet (1838–1909) *Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright, 2nd Baronet (1869–1951) *Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, 3rd Baronet (1892–1969) *Sir Richard Michael Cory-Wright, 4th Baronet (born 1944), is the son of Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright (1916–1944) and Susan Esterel Elwes. Captain Cory-Wright was the oldest son of Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, the 3rd Baronet Baronet Cory-Wright.〔Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 906〕 Captain Cory-Wright was killed in action on 26 June 1944, aged 27, at Saint-Manvieu, Normandy in France, when Richard was only six months old.〔() Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright on thePeerage.com〕 His mother remarried, in 1949, to Lt.-Col. Jocelyn Eustace Gurney.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cory-Wright baronets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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