Ira Perley (November 9, 1799 – February 26, 1874) was the chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature 1855–1859 and 1864–1869.

[4] Perley was appointed by Governor Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. as an associate justice of the Superior Court of Judicature in October 1852 and as the chief justice of the Superior Court of Judicature on July 20, 1855[5] by Governor Ralph Metcalf.

[5][1] Perley was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1866.

[6] In 1873, Perley was president of the New Hampshire Bar Association.

[7] Perley died on February 26, 1874, in Concord, New Hampshire.