Charles Massy (1695–1766) was
Dean of Limerick
The Dean of Limerick and Ardfert is based in the Cathedral Church of St Mary's in Limerick in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. St Brendan's Cathedral, Ardfert was destroyed by fire in 1641.
The ...
from 1740 until his death.
He was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
. He was
Chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
of
Emly from 1727 to 1739; and then
Precentor. His nephew
George Massy was
Archdeacon of Ardfert from 1772 to 1782.
["Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: Volume 1" p. 452]
Massy’s daughter Grace married William Barton (1723–1792), of Grove House,
Fethard,
County Tipperary
County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...
, and was the mother of several children, including
Lt. General Charles Barton,
General Sir Robert Barton, and
Thomas Barton, a member of the
Irish House of Commons.
[Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' (London: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), pp. 79–80]
References
18th-century Irish Anglican priests
Deans of Limerick
1766 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
1695 births
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Place of birth missing
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