Edmund Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick

Colonel Edmund Colquhoun Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick GBE CH KCB DSO TD (16 October 1888 4 August 1967) was a British peer and soldier.

Pery was the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Limerick and his second wife, Isabella, and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He was commissioned into the City of London Yeomanry and during World War I he fought in Egypt, France and at the Battle of Gallipoli, ending the war as a Major. After the war, Pery continued to serve in the City of London Yeomanry, which became a Royal Artillery brigade, and inherited his half-brother's titles in 1929.

Lord Limerick was an Honorary Colonel of the City of London Yeomanry (TA) from 1932–52, Vice-Chairman from 1937–41 and then Chairman of the City of London Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association from 1941–50 and Vice-Chairman from 1942–49, then Chairman from 1949–54, then President of the Council of Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Associations from 1954-56. He was also Chairman of the Medical Research Council from 1952-60.

On 1 June 1926, he had married Angela Olivia Trotter (1897–1981), a daughter of Lt Col. Sir Henry Trotter;[1] they had three children:

In 1946, Angela, Countess of Limerick was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). In 1954, she was elevated to Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE). Lord Limerick committed suicide in 1967 and his titles were inherited by his elder son, Patrick, who died in 2003. Angela, Countess of Limerick, died in 1981.

References

  1. "Person Page - 8525". The Peerage. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
William Pery
Earl of Limerick
19291967
Succeeded by
Patrick Edmund Pery
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