Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron Massy (14 April 1733 – 10 May 1790) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State rel ...

politician and peer. Massy was the son of

Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy (1700 – 30 January 1788) 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 C ...

and Mary Dawson. Massy served as

High Sheriff of County Limerick The High Sheriff of Limerick was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Limerick, Ireland from the 13th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Limerick County Sheriff. ...

in 1765. He was elected to the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...

as the Member of Parliament for

Askeaton Askeaton (, Waterfall of Géitine, also historically spelt Askettin) is a town in County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is built on the banks of the River Deel which flows into the Shannon Estuary 3 km to the north. Aske ...

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 1793Saunders Newsletter (Dublin) 17 September 1793.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Massy, Hugh Massy, 2nd Baron 1733 births 1790 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1776–1783 High sheriffs of County Limerick Members of the Irish House of Lords Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies