OBITUARY.
.EMINENT WELSH MTXUONAIRE . /,■■''.: AND, PHILANTHROpiST; -;:",, ; By Teleeraph—Press Aesociation-Oopyriirtit .London,' 28.:': ; . .The death.is announced of "Mr., John. Cory, .a millionaire';'■ colliery arid, rail-; way:proprietor in Wales',''also a leading. philarithropißtand.Liberal,; 'aged- 81..; •
A CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY AND .:,;;;' REFORMER. j .;, ;
Chairman of the Board of Directors: of Cory Bros and C 0.,: Ltd. : (colliery proprietors),; and vice-Chairman of the Barry, Docks and railway (of which he; was one of the promoters), the late Mr. John: Cory was a big figure in.tho life of iWales. ;As philanthropist,■:ho was'- the donor and. founder of the ■'. Soldiers' ■ and bailors' Rest,';Cardiff;;laid out part;-of his estate on garden city.lines; and presented the Memorial HaU in Cardiff to 'the united temperance. societies. Ho / was president of'the 'British.,. and Foreign, Sailors' 'Society,;and his ■activity, had a;wide educational,' and evangelistic sphoro.,,He; was';lord of the. manor, of Duffryn and patron' of the- living of.'St' 1 Nicholas. .Be leaves throe sons and one daughter.; l One - son is Sir Clifford John Cory (who is also ."a .pillar"; of Cory .Bros), prominent' as'a.conciliator in'coal' disputes, and just' re-elected as Liberal. 'M.P..for .St. lyes division of-Cornwall. The family is,'of.Cornish ancestry. . .;,'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 5
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