Biography of Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene 1742-1805

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

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

On 28th January 1742 Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene was born to [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 27) and [his mother] Anne Eyre Countess Massereene (age 25).

On 28th July 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 17th September 1757 [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 42) died. His son Clotworthy (age 15) succeeded 2nd Earl Massereene, 6th Viscount Massereene, 6th Baron Lough Neagh, 8th Baronet Skeffington of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.

In 1765 [his brother-in-law] Robert Clements 1st Earl Leitrim (age 32) and [his sister] Elizabeth Skeffington Countess Leitrim were married. She the daughter of [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene and [his mother] Anne Eyre Countess Massereene (age 48).

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.

In 1780 [his brother] Chichester Skeffington 4th Earl Massereene (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Harriet Jocelyn were married. She the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 1st Earl Roden (age 48) and Anne Hamilton Countess Roden (age 50). He the son of [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene and [his mother] Anne Eyre Countess Massereene (age 63).

In 1795 [his brother-in-law] Robert Clements 1st Earl Leitrim (age 62) was created 1st Earl Leitrim. [his sister] Elizabeth Skeffington Countess Leitrim by marriage Countess Leitrim.

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