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Earl of Limerick is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, associated first with the Dongan family, then with the Pery family. It should not be confused with the title Viscount of the City of Limerick held by the Hamilton family also Earls of Clanbrassil.
Viscount Limerick may refer to two different viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland:
William Hale John Charles Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick, KP, PC, DL, JP, 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.
Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick KBE, AM, DL, was an Irish peer, banker and public servant.
Colonel Edmund Colquhoun Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick was a British peer and soldier.
Pery may refer to:
Edmund Sexton Pery, 1st Viscount Pery was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons between 1771 and 1785.
Thomas Knox, 1st Earl of Ranfurly, styled The Honourable Thomas Knox between 1781 and 1818 and known as The Viscount Northland between 1818 and 1831, was an Irish peer and politician.
Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly, styled Viscount Northland between 1831 and 1840, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
Sir Henry Hartstonge, 3rd Baronet was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner who sat in the Irish House of Commons as member for County Limerick. He was a close political associate of his influential brother-in-law Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery. He gave his name to Hartstonge Street, Limerick.
William Cecil Pery, 1st Baron Glentworth was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.
Newtown Pery is an area of central Limerick, Ireland, and forms the main city centre of the city. The district is known for its Georgian architectural heritage and is the core area of Limerick's Georgian Quarter. It is one of the three towns that make up modern-day Limerick City Centre, the other two being the older Englishtown and Irishtown, which date from the medieval period. Newtown Pery houses the largest collection of Georgian townhouses in Ireland outside of Dublin. In 1837, Samuel Lewis in his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Newtown Pery as "one of the handsomest towns in Ireland".
William Street is one of the main thoroughfares of central Limerick City, Ireland. The street starts at a junction with O'Connell Street and continues in a south-east direction, where it is called Upper William Street. The street is named after William Pery, 1st Baron Glentworth a relation of Edmund Sexton Pery who is credited with the development of the present day Limerick City Centre area known as Newtown Pery.
Edmund Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick PC, styled Lord Glentworth between 1794 and 1800, and Viscount Limerick until 1803, was an Irish peer and politician.
William Henry Edmund de Vere Sheaffe Pery, 4th Earl of Limerick, DL, styled Viscount Glentworth until 1896, was an Irish peer and British Army officer.
Stephen Edmund Spring Rice, styled The Honourable from 1839 until his death, was an Anglo-Irish civil servant and philanthropist. He served as the Secretary of the British Relief Association between 1847 and 1848.
Angela Olivia Pery, Countess of Limerick, CH GBE DStJ was a leader of the International British Red Cross movements.
Lucy Hartstonge was an Irish heiress and philanthropist who founded the first fever hospital in Ireland, in the late 18th century.
Edmund Pery may refer to:
Sir John Charles Kennedy, 3rd Baronet DL JP was an Irish soldier.
