Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick
- Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick
Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick KBE (April 12, 1930 – January 8, 2003), was an Irish peer and public servant. He was Under-Secretary of State for Trade in Ted Heath's Conservative Government 1970-1974.
He was Chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board 1979–1983, and Chairman of the British Invisible Exports Council from 1975 to 1991. He was chairman of the European-Atlantic Group from 1999 to 2001.
He was a director of banknote printers De La Rue from 1983 to 1997, and chairman from 1993.
He was Knight President of the Society of Knights of the Round Table from 1993.
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* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/14/db1401.xml Obituary of Pery]
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