The Right Honourable The Earl of Limerick KP PC DL JP |
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The Earl of Limerick by Carlo Pellegrini, 1885.
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Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | |
In office 29 January 1889 – 11 August 1892 |
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Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Preceded by | The Earl of Kintore |
Succeeded by | The Lord Kensington |
In office 16 July 1895 – 8 August 1896 |
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Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Preceded by | The Lord Kensington |
Succeeded by | The Earl Waldegrave |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 January 1840 |
Died | 8 August 1896 (aged 56) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | (1) Caroline Maria Gray (d. 1877) (2) Isabella Colquhoun (d. 1927) |
William Hale John Charles Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick KP, PC, DL, JP (17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896), styled Viscount Glentworth until 1866, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Salisbury between 1889 and 1892 and again between 1895 and his death in 1896. In 1892 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.
Limerick was the son of William Pery, 2nd Earl of Limerick, by his first wife Susanna, daughter of William Sheaffe. His mother died when he was one year old.
Lord Limerick succeeded his father in the earldom in 1866 and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. When the Conservatives came to power under Lord Salisbury in 1886, he was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting.
In 1889 he was promoted to Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, a post he held until 1892, and again between 1895 and his death in 1896.
In 1889 he was sworn of the Privy Council. Limerick was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace and an aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. In 1892 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.