Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene 1742-1805

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

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

On 28th January 1742 Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene was born to Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene [aged 27] and Anne Eyre Countess Massereene [aged 25].

On 28th July 1756 [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene [aged 41] was created 1st Earl Massereene. [his mother] Anne Eyre Countess Massereene [aged 39] by marriage Countess Massereene.

On 14 or 17th September 1757 [his father] Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene [aged 42] died. His succeeded son Clotworthy [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 48].

Around 1769 Clotworthy Skeffington 2nd Earl Massereene [aged 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 [aged 37] was transferred to La Force Prison when For-l'Évêque was closed.

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

In 1795 [his brother-in-law] Robert Clements 1st Earl Leitrim [aged 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 [aged 63] died without issue. His succeeded brother Henry Skeffington 3rd Earl Massereene [aged 61] succeeded 3rd Earl Massereene, 7th Viscount Massereene, 7th Baron Lough Neagh, 9th Baronet Skeffington of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.