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Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Lowry-Corry
  • Monty Lowry-Corry
  • The Right Honourable, the Lord Rowton
  • Lord Rowton
  • Baron Rowton
    • Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton (6 May 1880 – 9 November 1903)[1]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Friends edit

  • Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield
  • Violet, Marchioness of Granby (Rowton was rumored to be the father of Violet Manners[2])

Organizations edit

  • Harrow
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Benjamin Disraeli's private secretary (1866 – 1868; 1874 – 1880[1] or 19 April 1881[2])
  • Chairman, Rowton Houses Company ( – 9 November 1903)
  • Chairman, Guiness Trust ( – 9 November 1903)

Timeline edit

1878, Rowton served as "one of the secretaries of the special embassy of Great Britain" at the Congress of Berlin, accompanying Disraeli.[3]

1881 April 19, Rowton was with Disraeli when he died in London, having hurried back from Algiers.[3]

1897 July 2, Friday, Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball edit

 
Montagu William Lowry Corry, Baron Rowton in costume as Archbishop of Canterbury in the Elizabethan Procession. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
 
Archbishop Matthew Parker, 16th century, Flemish School

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Montagu Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton (at 189) sat at Table 9 in the first seating for supper. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Queen Elizabeth procession.[4]

  • He was dressed as Archbishop Parker, the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Queen Elizabeth procession.[5]
  • "Notable" was "Lord Rowton, to the amusement of his friends, as Archbishop Parker."[6] (This description of Rowton's costume in the Times article is identical to the description in the Carlisle Patriot[7]).
  • Referencing the Times[6], which was contradicting itself, the Westminster Gazette[8]:p. 5, Col. 2–3 and the London Evening Mail[9]:p. 8, Col. 1a–b say he was Archbishop Farrer, but

Lafayette's portrait of "Montagu William Lowry Corry, Baron Rowton as Archbishop of Canterbury in the Elizabethan Procession" in costume is photogravure #73 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[10] The printing on the portrait says, "Lord Rowton as Archbishop of Canterbury in the Elizabethan Procession," with a Long S in Procession .[11]

Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575), made Archibishop of Canterbury by Elizabeth, was involved in a complex dispute about the validity of his consecration that was newly alive in the late 1890s.[12] (A portrait of him not in regalia is on the right.) In 1896, rejecting the validity of the consecration ceremony, a Catholic Papal Bull Commission condemned Anglican orders, contributing to the claim that Parker's promotion to Archibishop was invalid.[13] In 1897 Anglican bishops of Canterbury and York issued arguments in defense of it.[13]

The printing on the portrait in the Album says he was dressed as Archbishop of Canterbury in the Elizabethan Procession, not giving any name. Even though the Times and then the Westminster Gazette and the London Evening Mail say he was Archbishop Farrer, no Farrer was Archbishop of Canterbury during Elizabeth's reign or Archbishop ever. Robert Ferrar, Bishop of St. David's in Wales, appointed by Edward VI, was martyred in Queen Mary's reign and burned at the stake.[14] Both men could have worn mitres, as Corry does in his portrait.

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: British

Residences edit

  • Country house: Rowton Castle, Shropshire (6 May 1880, 1889 – 9 November 1903)[3]

Family edit

  • Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry (9 March 1803 – 6 March 1873)[2]
  • Lady Harriet Ashley-Cooper ( – 25 March 1868)[15]
  1. Armar Henry Lowry-Corry (14 March 1836 – 9 September 1893)
  2. Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton (8 October 1838 – 9 November 1903)[3]

Relations edit

Notes and Questions edit

  1. Whether Lord Rowton was dressed as Matthew Parker or Robert Ferrar, why were his friends amused by his being dressed this way?

Footnotes edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st and last Baron Rowton." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873)". Wikipedia. 2020-11-29. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lowry-Corry_(1803%E2%80%931873)&oldid=991337648. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton". Wikipedia. 2020-11-22. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montagu_Corry,_1st_Baron_Rowton&oldid=990004366. 
  4. ↑ “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  5. ↑ "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  7. ↑ "Fancy Dress Ball: Unparalleled Splendour." Carlisle Patriot Friday 9 July 1897: 7 [of 8], Col. 4a–b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000365/18970709/084/0007.
  8. ↑ “The Duchess’s Costume Ball.” Westminster Gazette 03 July 1897 Saturday: 5 [of 8], Cols. 1a–3b [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002947/18970703/035/0005.
  9. ↑ “Ball at Devonshire House.” Evening Mail 05 July 1897 Monday: 8 [of 8], Col. 1a–4c [of 6]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003187/18970705/070/0008.
  10. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  11. ↑ "Montagu William Lowry Corry, Baron Rowton as Archbishop of Canterbury in the Elizabethan Procession." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158429/Montagu-William-Lowry-Corry-Baron-Rowton-as-Archbishop-of-Canterbury-in-the-Elizabethan-Procession.
  12. ↑ "Matthew Parker". Wikipedia. 2021-11-21. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Parker&oldid=1056410293.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Parker.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Matthew Parker". Wikipedia. 2021-11-21. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Parker&oldid=1056410293.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Parker#Dispute_about_the_validity_of_his_consecration_in_1559.
  14. ↑ "Robert Ferrar". Wikipedia. 2021-03-11. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Ferrar&oldid=1011506217.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ferrar.
  15. ↑ "Lady Harriet Anne Ashley-Cooper." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
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