Background
He was born on 26 July 1721, the son of Reverend Stackpole Pery and Jane Twigg, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.
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William Cecil Pery
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Trinity College.
Career
Previously the Dean of Derry, he was nominated Bishop of Killala and Achonry on 7 January 1781 and consecrated on 18 February that year. He was translated to Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 13 May 1784. He was created Baron Glentworth, of Mallow in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1790 and died on 4 July 1794.
William Street in Limerick is named after him, as were Cecil Street, Glentworth Street and Mallow Street.
Pery firstly married Jane Walcott and following her death, married secondly Dorothea Lewis. Eleanor Pery, married Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Baronet.
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Nationality
United Kingdom