John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene

Sir John Skeffington was the son of Sir Richard Skeffington and wife Anne Newdigate. He married Hon. Mary Clotworthy, daughter of John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene and Lady Margaret Jones, on July 20, 1654 at St. Paul's Church, Covent Gardens, London, England. He died on June 21, 1695.

Sir John Skeffington gained the title of 2nd Viscount Massereene in 1665, at the death of his father-in-law, Sir John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene, without male heirs. The estate and title passed to him by right of his marriage to Mary Clothworthy.

Children of John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene and Hon. Mary Clotworthy

• Margaret Skeffington+ d. 17113
• Clotworthy Skeffington, 3rd Viscount Massereene+ b. c 1660, d. 14 Mar 1713/141
• Mary Skeffington+ d. 30 Apr 17322

Citations

• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 545. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XI, page 306.

Other References

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London : Harrison 1869. page 749