(1758 - 1844), o. s. of Rev. William Pery, Bp. of Limerick (cr. B. Glentworth [I] 1790); Trin. Dublin 1773; m. 1783 Mary Ormsby; MP [I] 1786 - 94; suc. fa. 1794 as 2nd B.; cr. Vct. Limerick [I] 1800, E. of Limerick [I] 1803, B. Foxford 1815; FSA 1804.
1777 - 9 Turin, Genoa, Rome (1778), Naples (Dec. 1778), Rome (Feb. 1779)
Pery was in Naples in December 1778 when Henry Tresham wrote to him concerning his purchase of a statue of Leda, and in February 1779 William Hamilton wrote to him in Rome saying how pleased he was to have been of service in Naples.2 In Rome Pery was admitted to the Arcadian Society.3
Among Pery's surviving papers are his account of a journey in Italy in 1777 - 8 (which also contains his copy of 'Notes taken at Rome by Sr William Hamilton K.B. in company with the Abb? Winckelman [or] Mr Byres' [presumably in April/May 1768]), together with a separate description of a journey from Turin to Genoa, a volume of 'Remarques' on various European countries written in Rome in 1778, and some notes on 'L'Italie in general'.1
1. NLI, Limerick MSS, special list 160, nos.8, 15. 2. Ibid., nos.7, 22. 3. Ibid., nos.7, 48, 50, 51 (notes by E. McParland).