Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet
- Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet
James Herbert Cory, 1st Baronet (February 2 1857 – February 2 1933) was the owner of a Welsh shipping company.
He was born at Padstow, the younger son of John Cory (founder of Cardiff-based firm "John Cory, Sons & Co" – not to be confused with John Cory, founder of Barry Docks).
He was Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1913, and served as Conservative MP for Cardiff in 1915 and for Cardiff South from 1918 to 1923. He was created a baronet in 1919. In his time he was a director of 35 different companies, and gave much of his fortune to charity, particularly local hospitals.
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