Anthony Perrier Knt (1770 - 1845)

Born 22 Feb 1770 in Dublin, Ireland

Husband of Jane (Black) Perrier — married 6 Oct 1800 in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1845 at age 75 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Biography

Anthony was born in 1770. He was the son of Anthony Perrier and Susanna Codere.

Born in Dublin in 1770, Anthony Perrier became a freeman of the city of Cork in 1792 and was elected mayor in 1821. He was operator of the Spring Lane distillery from 1806 – a plant which was owned by his elder brother David (Mayor of Cork 1814). In 1822 he patented one of Europe’s first continuous whiskey stills, but it was not a success. He served as a County magistrate for 37 years and was the treasurer of the Pipe Water Company. He was appointed as Cork Agent to the Atlas Assurance Company of London and operated out of 68 South Mall, Cork. The business was continued by his son and grandson in turn.

He was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant the Duke of Richmond on his visit to Cork in 1829, when he was High Sheriff.

Anthony married Jane Black on 6 October 1800.

Marriage Notice - Limerick Chronicle 8 October 1800

married on Monday last by the Rev J Hoare in St George's Church, Anthony Perrier of the city of Cork, Esq., to Miss Jane Black, dau of George Black of Newtown Pery Esq.

Children

1. Ellen b. 1802 d.1892 married George Wade Foot
2. Louisa b. 1804 d.1879 married Richard Daunt Reily
3. William Lumley Snr. b.1805 d.1895 married Anna Antoinette Lumley.
4. Eliza b. 1806 d.1878
5. Susanna b.1806 d.1871 married William Giffard
6. Jane b.1810 d.1879 married Julius Caesar Besnard
7. John Johnston b.1811 d.1860 married Anna Browne
8. Julia b. 1813 d.1891
9. Georgina b.1815 d.1890
10. Anthony b. 1815 d. 1879 married Charlotte roome, widow of Poole Hickman
11. James Black b. 1817 d.1874 married Eliza Deane
12. Cecilia Theresa b.1820 d. November1853
13. Katherine Lumley b. 1823 d.1870 married john Osburne

He died in 1845 at his South Mall residence and was buried at St. Peter’s Graveyard, North Main Street. His remains were later interred in St. Luke’s cemetery in Douglas, Cork. ^[1]

Death Notice - Kerry Evening Post. April 26, 1845

DEATH OF SIR ANTHONY PERRIER. On the South Mall, on the 24th, Sir Anthony Perrier, an old and respected citizen. Sir Anthony had long taken an active part public matters. For seven and thirty years he discharged the duties of a county, and for five and twenty those of a city Magistrate, and though having numbered no fewer than 75 years, it was only within a short period of his dissolution that he became unable to take his usual share of magisterial duty.

Sources

1. ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246593_00192.pdf

• A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2, Bernard Burke, 1863, Family: Perrier of Cork