Clotworthy Skeffington, 4th Viscount Massereene (died 11 February 1738) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. He was the son of

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and Rachel Hungerford. He served in the

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as the

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

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

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. 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.

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