Biography of Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene 1742-1805

Paternal Family Tree: Skeffington

On 11 Feb 1738 [his grandfather] Clotworthy Skeffington 4th Viscount Massereene died. His son [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 23) succeeded 5th Viscount Massereene, 5th Baron Lough Neagh, 7th Baronet Skeffington of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.

On 16 Mar 1738 [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 23) and Anne Daniel were married.

On 25 Nov 1741 [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 26) and [his mother] Anne Eyre Countess Massereene (age 24) were married.

On 28 Jan 1742 Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene was born to Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 27) and Anne Eyre Countess Massereene (age 25).

On 28 Jul 1756 [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 41) was created 1st Earl Massereene. [his mother] Anne Eyre Countess Massereene (age 39) by marriage Countess Massereene.

On 14 or 17 Sep 1757 [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 42) died. His son Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene (age 15) succeeded 2nd Earl Massereene, 6th Viscount Massereene, 6th Baron Lough Neagh, 8th Baronet Skeffington of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.

Around 1769 Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene (age 26) was imprisoned in For-l'Évêque in 1769/70 for having accrued huge debts of 15,000 or more French livre. He maintained a lavish lifestyle in the prison, entertaining fellow prisoners.

In 1780 Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene (age 37) was transferred to La Force Prison when For-l'Évêque was closed.

1789 Storming of the Bastille

On 13 Jul 1789 Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene (age 47) was freed when a mob freed the prisoners at La Force Prison a day before the Storming of the Bastille.

On 28 Feb 1805 Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene (age 63) died without issue. His brother [his brother] Henry Skeffington 3rd Earl Massereene (age 61) succeeded 3rd Earl Massereene, 7th Viscount Massereene, 7th Baron Lough Neagh, 9th Baronet Skeffington of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.

Ancestors of Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene 1742-1805

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Skeffington 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Skeffington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dering

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Skeffington 2nd Viscount Massereene

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Newdigate of Arbury in Warwickshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Newdigate

Great x 1 Grandfather: Clotworthy Skeffington 3rd Viscount Massereene

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clotworthy 1st Viscount Massereene

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Clotworthy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Jones 1st Viscount Ranelagh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Jones

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Moore

GrandFather: Clotworthy Skeffington 4th Viscount Massereene 17 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton 13 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Hungerford 14 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Crouch

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hungerford 15 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rice Jones

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Jones

Great x 1 Grandmother: Rachel Hungerford Viscountess Massereene 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hele

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Hele

Father: Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lieutenant-Colonel John Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Copleston

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Chichester 2nd Earl Donegal 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Jones 1st Viscount Ranelagh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Jones

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Moore

Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Chichester 3rd Earl Donegal 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Echingham of Dunroby

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ichyngham of Dunbrody in Wexford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Ichyngham Countess Donegall

GrandMother: Catherine Chichester Visountess Massereene 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Forbes of Corse

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Forbes 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Forbes 1st Earl Granard

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Forbes

Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Henry Eyre of Row Tor in Derbyshire

Mother: Anne Eyre Countess Massereene

Great x 3 Grandfather: Willoughby Hickman 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hickman 2nd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Willoughby Hickman 3rd Baronet

GrandMother: Elizabeth Hickman

Royal Ancestors of Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene 1742-1805

Ancestors of Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene 1742-1805