Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick
Military Person
1888 – 1967
Who was Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick?
Colonel Edmund Colquhoun Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick, GBE CH KCB DSO TD 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 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, a daughter of Lt Col. Sir Henry Trotter; they had three children:
⁕Patrick Edmund, Viscount Glentworth
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- Born
- Oct 16, 1888
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Eton College
- Died
- Aug 4, 1967
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on July 23, 2013
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