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

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. It was created on 28 August 1903 for

Cory Cory-Wright Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet (11 August 1838 – 30 May 1909) was a British businessman. Biography The son of William Wright and Elizabeth Hooper, he married Mima Owen, the daughter of Sir Hugh Owen and Ann Wade, on 25 September 186 ...

, 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, pp. 906–907 Born Cory Wright, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Cory in 1903. He was

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in 1902. The second Baronet was

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in 1921. The third Baronet was the husband of

Felicity Tree Felicity, Lady Cory-Wright (born Felicity Constance Tree; 7 December 1894 – 15 September 1978) was an English baronetess and high society figure. A daughter of the actors Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Helen Maud Holt, she appeared regularly ...

, daughter of

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. The present Baronet is the son of Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright (1916–1944) and Susan Esterel Elwes. Captain Cory-Wright was the eldest son of Sir Geoffrey Cory-Wright, the 3rd Baronet Cory-Wright. Captain Cory-Wright was killed in action on 26 June 1944, aged 27, at Saint-Manvieu,

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in France, when the present Baronet was only six months old.
Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright on thePeerage.com His mother remarried, in 1949, to Lt.-Col. Jocelyn Eustace Gurney. The Cory-Wright Mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery (West)

The Cory-Wright Mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery (West)

Cory-Wright baronets, of Caen Wood Towers and Hornsey (1903)

* Sir Cory Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet, 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)

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors); ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage''; (1990 edition); New York: St Martin's Press; 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Cory-Wright Burials at Highgate Cemetery