John Monck Mason

He introduced in 1761 a bill to enable Roman Catholics to invest money in mortgages on land, which was carried, but then rejected by the English privy council.

[1] During the free trade agitation of 1779 Mason made himself very unpopular: in November of that year he explained to the Speaker that to attend the House would be a danger to his life.

He was made a privy councillor, and in the last Irish parliament he voted for the Union with Great Britain.

[1] In 1779 Mason published in London an edition of the Dramatick Works of Philip Massinger (4 vols.)

[1] Mason also published Comments on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher; with an Appendix containing some further Observations on Shakespeare, London, 1798, dedicated to George Steevens; and An Oration commemorative of the late Major-General Hamilton, 1804.

[1] In 1766 Mason married Catherine, second daughter of Henry Mitchell of Glasnevin, but left no issue.