Background
Limerick was the son of William Pery, 2nd Earl of Limerick, by his first wife Susanna, daughter of William Sheaffe.
Limerick was the son of William Pery, 2nd Earl of Limerick, by his first wife Susanna, daughter of William Sheaffe.
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. 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. Lord Limerick was twice married.
They had one child, William Pery, 4th Earl of Limerick.
Caroline died on 24 January 1877. Limerick married secondly Isabella, daughter of James Charles Henry Colquhoun, on 20 October 1877. They had several children, including Edmund Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick.
The Countess of Limerick married Major Sir Edmund Elliot in 1898 and died in November 1927.