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

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. He served as a

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Member of Parliament (MP) from 1874 to 1891 and an

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MP until his death. Sir James was the son of Robert Corry, of Turnagardy (Tullinagardy/Tullynagardy),

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, County 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,

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. 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 1891, he joined the Irish Unionist Alliance. He died, in office, in November at his home, Dunraven on Belfast's

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, 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 MPs 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