Sir Richard is the son of Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright (1916–1944) and Susan Esterel Elwes.
[1] Captain Cory-Wright was killed in action on 26 June 1944, aged 27, at Saint-Manvieu, Normandy in France, when Richard was only six months old.
[1] Richard Cory-Wright was educated at Eton College.
[3] Richard Cory-Wright gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry.
Richard Cory-Wright married Helga Wright (née Godfrey) in 1998.