Sir Richard Eyre Cox, 4th Baronet was an Irish baronet. He was the son of The Ven.

Sir Michael Cox, 3rd Baronet Sir Michael Cox, 3rd Baronet ( – 18 July 1772) was an Irish baronet and clergyman. He was the son of Sir Richard Cox, 2nd Baronet and Catherine Evans. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Archdeacon of Cashel from 1767 to 1772." ...

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from 1767 to 1772, and his wife Elizabeth Massy, daughter 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 his first wife Mary Dawson, and widow of John Arthur. He married Mary O'Brien, daughter of Edward Dominic O'Brien and his wife Mary Carrick, and great-granddaughter of

William O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin William O'Brien, 3rd Baron O'Brien of Burren, 8th Baron & 3rd Earl of Inchiquin PC (1662 – 24 December 1719) was an Irish nobleman. Life William O'Brien was the son of William O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Inchiquin and Lady Margaret Boyle. He marri ...

. They had one daughter. He drowned accidentally on 17 September 1783.thePeerage.com
/ref> His widow remarried William Saurin, who was for many years the

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, by whom she had at least four children. She died in 1840.

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