William Cecil Pery, 1st Baron Glentworth (26 July 1721 – 4 July 1794) was an 18th-century

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Biography

He was born on 26 July 1721, the son of Reverend Stackpole Pery and Jane Twigg, daughter of William Twigg, Archdeacon of Limerick, and educated at

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. His elder brother was

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and younger sister was Lucy Hartstonge the founder of what is now St John's Hospital. He was

Dean of Killaloe The Dean of Killaloe is based at the Killaloe Cathedral, Cathedral Church of St Flannan in Killaloe in the united diocese of Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe, Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. The Dean of Killaloe is als ...

(1772–1780) and then

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. Pery was nominated

Bishop of Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Killala and Achonry was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killala and Achonry in the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuam. The diocese comprised part of Counties Mayo and Sligo in Ireland. The Episcopal see was a union ...

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

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, in 1790 and died on 4 July 1794. William Street in

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is named after him, as were Cecil Street, Glentworth Street and Mallow Street. Pery firstly married Jane Walcott, daughter of John Minchin Walcott, and following her death, married secondly Dorothea Lewis, daughter of William Lewis,

Archdeacon of Kilfenora The Archdeacon of Kilfenora was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Kilfenora until 1643; the Archdiocese of Tuam until 1752; the Diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora until 1834; and the Diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert until 1 ...

. He was succeeded in his title by his son, Edmund Pery, who was later made

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. His daughter, Hon. Eleanor Pery, married Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Baronet. She died in 1821.Mosley, Charles editor ''Burke's Peerage'' 107th edition Wilmington Delaware 2003 Vol.2 p.2335

References

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