Cory-Wright Baronets

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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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 (b. 1944)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 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

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets