Clotworthy Skeffington, 4th Viscount Massereene (died 11 February 1738) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State rel ...

politician and peer.

Biography

He was the son of

Clotworthy Skeffington, 3rd Viscount Massereene Clotworthy Skeffington, 3rd Viscount Massereene (1661 – 1714) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, politician and peer. Skeffington was the son of John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene and Mary Clotworthy, the daughter of John Clotworthy, 1st Viscoun ...

and Rachel Hungerford. He served in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...

as the Member of Parliament for

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...

between 1703 and 1714. In March 1714 he succeeded to his father's title and assumed his seat in the

Irish House of Lords The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until the end of 1800. It was also the final court of appeal of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was modelled on the House of Lords of Englan ...

. On 9 September 1713 he married Lady Catherine Chichester, daughter of

Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall Major-General Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall (1666 – 10 April 1706), was an English Army officer and peer. Early life He was the eldest son of Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall, and Jane Itchingham (–1712). Among his siblin ...

. Together they had seven children. He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Clotworthy Skeffington, who was made Earl of Massereene in 1756.John Lodge, Mervyn Archdal
''The Peerage Of Ireland''
Volume 2 (Moore, 1789), p.388.

References

Year of birth unknown 1738 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Skeffington, Clotworthy Skeffington, Clotworthy Members of the Irish House of Lords 4 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Antrim constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub