Lowry-Corry was the younger son of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore, and Lady Juliana Butler, daughter of Henry Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick.

[citation needed] Lowry-Corry entered Parliament for County Tyrone in 1825, a seat he held until his death 48 years later,[1] and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1835.

Under Lord Derby between 1858 and 1859 and as Vice-President of the Committee on Education between 1867 and 1867.

The latter year Derby promoted him to First Lord of the Admiralty with a seat in the cabinet, a position he held until December 1868, the last nine months under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli.

[3] Lowry-Corry married Lady Harriet Ashley-Cooper, daughter of Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury by his wife Lady Anne Spencer, fourth daughter of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, in 1830 and had issue: Lowry-Corry survived his wife Lady Harriet by five years and died on 5 March 1873, aged 69.