Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet (11 August 1838 – 30 May 1909) was a British businessman and local politician.
The son of William Wright and Elizabeth Hooper, he married Mima Owen, the daughter of Sir Hugh Owen and Ann Wade, on 25 September 1867.
He was the Chairman of William Cory & Son, coal merchants.
He was chairman of Hornsey Urban District Council throughout its existence from 1895-1903, when it became a borough. He was an alderman of Middlesex County Council from 1895 until his death and High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1902. He was created a Baronet Cory-Wright, of Caen Wood Towers, Highgate St. Pancras, co. London and Hornsey, in the County of Middlesex on 28 August 1903. Born Cory Wright, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Cory in 1903.
He is buried in a mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery, which has been a Grade II Listed Building since 2011.[1]
More information on the Wikipedia page [1].
- ↑ Cory-Wright Mausoleum. Historic England.