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Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery.
Irish politician; Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, 1771-1785
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About Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery
Edmund Sexton Pery, 1st Viscount Pery was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as the penultimate Speaker of the Irish House of Commons between 1771 and 1785. He was one of the most powerful and prominent political figures in Ireland during the second half of the 18th century. As an Irish Patriot, he was a leading voice for the legislative independence of the Parliament of Ireland from the British parliament at Westminster, and opposed the Acts of Union 1800. Away from politics, he was instrumental in the development of his home city of Limerick.
Everything about Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Born
- April 8, 1719, April 1719, 1719
- Died
- February 24, 1806, 1806