Clotworthy is a surname derived from Clotworthy near

Wembworthy Wembworthy is a small village, parish and former manor in Mid-Devon, England. It is situated in the valley of the River Taw, 8 miles north-east of the towns of Hatherleigh and 12 miles south of South Molton. St Michael's Church is the parish chu ...

, Devon, England. The family inherited the manor of Rashleigh in Wembworthy in the 16th century. Sir Hugh Clotworthy (1569–1630) gained land in Ireland in the

Plantation of Ulster The Plantation of Ulster ( gle, Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: ''Plantin o Ulstèr'') was the organised colonisation (''plantation'') of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I. Most of the sett ...

and built

Antrim Castle Antrim Castle or Massereene Castle was a fortified mansion in Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the banks of the Sixmilewater River. It was built in stages between 1613 and 1662. It was destroyed by fire in 1922 and finally demolish ...

there. ''Clotworthy'' was used as a given name by his descendants.

Surname

Bob Clotworthy Robert Lynn Clotworthy (May 8, 1931 – June 1, 2018) was an American diver. He competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal, respectively. He also won two medals at the 1955 Pan American Games ...

(1931–2018), an American Olympic diver *

John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene (died September 1665) was a prominent Anglo-Irish politician. Origins He was the son and heir of Sir Hugh Clotworthy (died 1630), High Sheriff of Antrim (who first came to Ireland as a soldier in the Nin ...

(died 1665) an Anglo-Irish politician, son of Sir Hugh Clotworthy * Pauline Clotworthy (1912–2004), an Irish teacher of fashion design *

Robert Clotworthy Robert Clotworthy is an American narrator and voice actor. He may be best known as the narrator for the History Channel series ''Ancient Aliens'' and ''The Curse of Oak Island'' and his role as the voice of Jim Raynor in the ''StarCraft'' video ...

(born 1955), an American actor and voice actor * Sarah Clotworthy Stevenson (1824–1885) First Lady of West Virginia, 1869-1871 * William Clotworthy (1926–2021), an American author and television censor

Given name

* Many Viscounts and Earls Massereene (surname Skeffington) descended from John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene **

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 Viscou ...

(1661–1714), Anglo-Irish soldier and politician **

Clotworthy Skeffington, 2nd Earl of Massereene Clotworthy Skeffington, 2nd Earl of Massereene (28 January 1742 – 28 February 1805) was an Anglo-Irish peer who was imprisoned in France for almost twenty years. Biography Massereene was the son of Clotworthy Skeffington, 1st Earl of Massereene ...

(1742–1805), Anglo-Irish peer who was imprisoned in France for almost twenty years for enormous debts **

Clotworthy Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene Clotworthy John Eyre Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene (9 October 1842 – 26 June 1905) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was the son of John Skeffington, 10th Viscount Massereene and Olivia Grady. He inherited his father's titles in the Peerage ...

(1842–1905), Anglo-Irish peer *

Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford (31 October 1763 – 13 September 1825), known as Hon. Clotworthy Taylor until 1796 and as Hon. Clotworthy Rowley from 1796 to 1800, was an Irish peer. Langford was the fourth son of Thomas Taylor, 1st ...

(1763–1825), born Clotworthy Taylor, Irish politician * Clotworthy Soden, eighteenth century Irish Anglican priest *

Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown (14 March 1721 – 16 April 1785) was an Anglo-Irish courtier and peer. He was the youngest son of Lieutenant Colonel John Upton, of Castle Upton, County Antrim, by his wife Mary Upton, only daughter of Dr F ...

(1721–1785), Anglo-Irish courtier and peer

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