Viscount Massereene

From 1665 to 1816 the Skeffington Baronetcy of Fisherwick was attached to the viscountcy and from 1756 to 1816 the Viscounts also held the title of Earl of Massereene.

In 1660 he was created Baron Loughneagh (after Lough Neagh) and Viscount Massereene in the Peerage of Ireland,[1] with remainder to his son-in-law Sir John Skeffington, 4th Baronet, of Fisherwick, the husband of his daughter the Hon.

The barony of Loughneugh and viscountcy of Massereene were inherited according to the special remainder (which allowed them to be passed on through the female line) by his daughter Harriet, the ninth Viscountess.

His son, the eleventh and fourth Viscount, notably served as Lord Lieutenant of County Louth.

His son, the twelfth and fifth Viscount, was Lord Lieutenant of Antrim and a member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.

As of 2017[update] the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the fourteenth and seventh Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1992.

In 1821 he was created Baron Oriel, of Ferrard in the County of Louth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

In 1665 he succeeded his father-in-law as second Viscount Massereene according to a special remainder in the letters patent.