Herbert Cory

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Sir James Herbert Cory, 1st Baronet (2 February 1857 – 2 February 1933){{cite DWB|id=s-CORY-SON-1850|title=CORY (John Cory and Sons, Ltd.)|first=Watkin William|last=Price|author-link=Watkin William Price|year=1959|access-date=18 October 2018}} was a Welsh politician and ship-owner.

Biography

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{{London Gazette|issue=28701|page=2059|date=18 March 1913}} and served as Conservative MP for the Cardiff constituency from 1915 to 1918 and for Cardiff South from 1918 to 1923. He was created a baronet in 1919.{{London Gazette |issue=31427 |date=1 July 1919 |page=8221}} In his time he was a director of 35 different companies, and gave much of his fortune to charity, particularly the King Edward VII Hospital and the Hamadryad Seamans Hospital in Cardiff.

Cory married twice, firstly to Elizabeth Hoskin Wills, with whom he had five children including Herbert George Donald Cory, who became the 2nd Baronet; Elizabeth died in 1908.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 906. He had two further daughters from his second marriage, to Elizabeth Cansh Walker, who outlived him by over twenty years.{{cite web |title=Lady Cory, née Elizabeth Cansh Walker |url=http://lafayette.org.uk/cor9422.html |website=The Lafayette Negative Archive |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |access-date=18 February 2022}}

He died at home in Coryton, Cardiff, on his 76th birthday in February 1933{{cite book|title=Shipbuilding & Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Dock, Harbours & Shipping|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b33mAAAAMAAJ|year=1933}} and was buried at Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff.{{cite book|author=Alun Roberts|title=Discovering Welsh Graves|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWiAAAAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-1792-1}} Following his death, his son's family moved into his former home at The Grange.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1451113/John-Cory.html|title=John Cory|date=8 January 2004|website=The Telegraph|location=London|access-date=18 October 2018}} Coryton House, which his father had built in 1900, became a local civil defence headquarters and eventually a school for children with autism.{{cite web |title=Coryton House, Cardiff |url=http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/coflein/C/CPG371.pdf |website=Coflein |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales |accessdate=28 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/descendants-pay-visit-cory-house-1891417|title=Descendants pay a visit to Cory House|date=14 October 2010|author=Abby Bolter|website=WalesOnline|access-date=18 October 2018}}