John Thomas William Massy, 6th Baron Massy (30 August 1835 – 1915) was an

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peer. He was a

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in the British

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from 1876 to 1915. He was appointed Sheriff of Leitrim for 1863 and Sheriff of County Limerick in 1873. He succeeded to his title following the death of his older brother, Hugh Massy, 5th Baron Massy, in 1874. He was one of Ireland's wealthiest landowners at the time, having large properties in Counties Leitrim,

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and

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. This included large country houses at

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in south Co. Dublin, and Hermitage in

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, Co. Limerick. However, by the time of his death in 1915, his fortune had been reduced to almost nothing, and subsequently, all his estates were sold by his successors, the

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and

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Barons Massy, or were repossessed by the banks.

References

Frank Tracy ''"If those trees could speak": the story of an Ascendancy family in Ireland''.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Massy, John Thomas William Barons in the Peerage of Ireland 1835 births 1915 deaths 19th-century Anglo-Irish people 20th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish representative peers High Sheriffs of Leitrim High Sheriffs of County Limerick