Clifford Cory
John Hawke | |
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In office 7 December 1923 – 9 October 1924 | |
Preceded by | John Hawke |
Succeeded by | John Hawke |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 April 1859 |
Died | 3 February 1941 (aged 81) |
Sir Clifford John Cory, 1st Baronet (10 April 1859 – 3 February 1941) was a Welsh colliery owner, coal exporter and Liberal Party politician.
Family and education
Clifford John Cory was the son of John Cory (1828–1910), a South Wales coal broker and philanthropist.[1] He was educated privately in Wales and on the continent. On 25 January 1893 he married Jane Ann(e) Gordon Lethbridge, the daughter of an army officer from Somerset.[2] They only lived together for three months and Lady Cory later applied for a judicial separation.[3]
Career
In 1886, Cory was appointed lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, (
Politics
Cory was a typical example of the Welsh-born, nonconformist, capital owning, elite Liberal, although this background was becoming less and less relevant in politics with the rise of class as the principal determinant of political allegiance.[7]
Nevertheless, in the 1890s the coal-owners were still at the top of the social hierarchy in South Wales even if politically they were less inclined to involvement. Cory was something of an exception however (as he later proved to be in national Liberal politics over the issue of Home Rule). He was sometime President of Cardiff Liberals.
Cory was adopted as parliamentary candidate for the Tory seat of South Monmouthshire in 1893[15] which he unsuccessfully contested at the 1895 general election. He was then adopted for Tonbridge in Kent for the general election of 1900 but despite fighting a campaign on religious and temperance issues which attracted the support of at least one Conservative minister of religion in the division,[16] he was again unsuccessful. In 1900 he declined an offer to be considered as Liberal candidate for the Cornish constituency of St.Ives[17] but by 1902 he had changed his mind and he was adopted for the seat.[18]
1906-1910
Cory gained St Ives from the
1918-1924
In 1918 Cory stood and won in support of the
Irish Home Rule
Cory and his family were devoutly Protestant and hostile to the Roman Catholic religion. Cory was noted for his interest in temperance and
However Cory does not seem to have ever contemplated joining the Liberal Unionists and his pronounced views against Home Rule probably did him no harm against Liberal Unionist opponents in St Ives in 1906 and the two elections of 1910. The Unionist newspaper,
Other civic interests
He was a founder member of the British Federation of Health and Holiday Resorts, an organisation to bring together all health spa and holiday towns to promote their business, campaign for mutually supportive legislation and extend the current summer holiday season.
Personal life
In his personal life, Cory was a keen sportsman and particularly good
Family
Clifford Cory married Jane Ann Gordon, daughter of A. A. E. Lethbridge, and his wife, Jane in 1893. She was born in Hamilton, Ontario on 25 July 1865. She was educated in England. She was an amateur pianist and embroiderer in London, England.[35]
Death
Cory died at his home Llantarnam Abbey aged 81 on 3 February 1941, aged 81.[6] As he had no children, the baronetcy Llantarnam Abbey became extinct on his death.
References
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- ^ a b Who was Who, OUP 2007
- ^ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, later Supreme Court of Judicature: Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Files; Reference: J 77/537/16404
- ^ The Times, 6 February 1886
- ^ Frank Owen, Tempestuous Journey, Lloyd George his Life and Times, Hutchinson, 1954, p. 77
- ^ a b c The Times, 4 February 1941
- K O Morgan, Wales in British Politics, University of Wales Press, 1963, pp. 167-68 & 211
- ^ The Times, 27 November 1911
- ^ Chris Williams, Democratic Rhondda: Politics and Society, 1885-1951: Cardiff University Press, 1996, pp. 50-51
- ^ "General Election 1906, Wales and Monmouthshire: A Souvenir" (PDF). Lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk. p. 4.
- ^ The Times, 11 December 1915
- ^ "No. 28084". The London Gazette. 29 November 1907. p. 8331.
- ^ The Times, 9 November 1907
- ^ "Llantanam Abbey". tycroesocentre.
- ^ The Times, 23 January 1893
- ^ The Times, 29 September 1900
- ^ The Times, 25 September 1900
- ^ The Times, 7 November 1902
- ^ M Kinnear, The British Voter, Cornell University Press, 1968
- ^ Protestant Nonconformist Texts: Volume 4, The Twentieth Century by David M Thompson (ed.), Ashgate, 2006-7 p. 219
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1948, p. 314
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1948, p. 314
- Welsh Journals.
- ^ The Times, 5 September 1933
- ^ Coal Metropolis, Cardiff 1870-1914, M J Daunton: Leicester University Press, 1977, p. 176
- ^ The Times, 25 April 1911
- ^ Peter Rowland, The Last Liberal Governments, Unfinished Business, 1911-14: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971 p. 202
- ^ Neal Blewett, The Peers, the Parties and the People: The General Elections of 1910; University of Toronto Press, 1972
- ^ The Times, 13 March 1914
- ^ "History & Heritage". Stives-cornwall.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ The Times, 5 June 1928
- ^ The Times, 29 June 1914
- ^ The Times, 2 August 1921
- ^ The Times, 16 June 1928
- ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 61.