Sir James Porter Corry, 1st Baronet (8 September 1826 – 28 November 1891) was an Irish

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. He served as a Conservative

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(MP) from 1874 to 1885 and an Irish Unionist Alliance MP from 1886 until his death. Sir James was the son of Robert Corry, of Turnagardy,

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, Co. Down, a quarry owner and Belfast timber merchant. Educated at the Royal Belfast Academic Institution, he entered the family timber firm, which was at that time occupied with building the growing industrial port of Belfast. He was first elected to

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for the Irish constituency of

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in the 1874 general election. The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election. On 15 September 1885 he was created a

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, of Dunraven, Antrim. On 1 February 1886 he became the MP for Mid Armagh in a

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following the death of John McKane. In July 1886, he joined the Irish Unionist Alliance and stood for subsequent elections for this party. He died, in office, in 1891 at his home, Dunraven on Belfast's Malone Road, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, William.

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* 1826 births 1891 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Irish Conservative Party MPs Irish Unionist Party politicians Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Armagh constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub