Colonel Leslie Corry (15 October 1712 – 20 February 1741)[1] was an Irish politician.[2]
He was the son of Colonel John Corry and his wife Sarah Leslie, daughter of William Leslie.[3] Corry was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1732.[4] In 1737, he became High Sheriff of Fermanagh[3] and in 1740, he was appointed Colonel of the Fermanagh Militia.[2] The year before, Corry had stood as Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish House of Commons for Killybegs, a seat he held until his death in 1741.[1]
Corry died unmarried and childless, aged only 28.[3]
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- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Marson, Peter (2007). Belmore: The Lowry Corrys of Castle Coole 1646-1913. Ulster Historical Foundation. pp. 8–12. ISBN 978-1-903688-64-9.
- ^ a b c "ThePeerage - Colonel Leslie Corry". Retrieved 20 February 2007.
- ^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 179: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935