Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy
Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
Massy was the son of Colonel Hugh Massy and the elder brother of General Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina.
He married firstly Mary Dawson, daughter of Colonel James Dawson by who he had four children. He married secondly Rebecca Dunlap, daughter of Francis Dunlap of Antigua, and had a further seven children.
He was appointed High Sheriff of County Limerick for 1739 and was a Member of the Irish House of Commons for Limerick County between 1759 and 1776. Subsequently he represented Old Leighlin until 1777.
In 1776 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Massy, of Duntrileague in the County of Limerick. Lord Massy died in January 1788 and was succeeded in the barony by his son Hugh.
