He was the son of Sir Arthur Cory Cory-Wright, 2nd Baronet, and Elizabeth Olive Clothier.
He gained the rank of Captain in the 3rd Battalion, East Kent Regiment.
[1] He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Cory-Wright, of Caen Wood Towers, Highgate St. Pancras, Co. London and Hornsey, Co. Middlesex on the death of his father on 21 April 1951.
Because of the celebrity of his father-in-law, the World War I wedding was filmed, showing the bride leaving with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from the parental home and arriving at the church.
[4][5] In 1956 he and his collection of antique paperweights were featured in an advertising campaign for Passing Clouds cigarettes.