About Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy
Lived 1733 – 1790 (aged 57). Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy was a politician.
Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy (14 April 1733 – 10 May 1790) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Massy was the son of Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy and Mary Dawson.
Massy served as High Sheriff of County Limerick in 1765. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Askeaton in 1776 and sat until 1783. He succeeded to his father's title on 30 January 1788.
He married Catherine Taylor, the daughter of Colonel Edward Taylor and Anne Maunsell, in September 1760. They had eight children. He was succeeded by his son, also Hugh. A daughter Jane married William Greene.. Another daughter Catherine married John Green of Graige, Co Limerick circa 17 September 1793
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Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy was born on 14 April 1733.
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Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy died on 10 May 1790.
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