The Massy Baronetcy, of Donass in the County of Clare, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 9 March 1782 for Hugh Massy, who represented

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,81 ...

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 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ...

. The second Baronet represented this constituency in both the Irish and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1870. The first Baronet was the son of the Very Reverend Charles Massy, Dean of Limerick, brother of Colonel Hugh Massy, father of

Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy (1700 – 30 January 1788) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Massy was the son of Colonel Hugh Massy and the elder brother of General Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina. He married firstly Mary Dawson, daughter of C ...

, and

Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina (24 May 1719 – 17 May 1804), was an Anglo-Irish British army officer of the 18th century, known primarily for his successful action at La Belle-Famille during the French and Indian War. In 1800, he was made ...

Massy baronets, of Donass (1782)

* Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, 1st Baronet (–1807) * Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, 2nd Baronet (1767–1842) *Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, 3rd Baronet (1797–1870)

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* {{Use dmy dates, date=March 2012 Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland

Massy baronets, of Donass (1782)

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