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John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene

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22: 38: 530: 120: 378:, have dealt very harshly with Clotworthy as a human being. Wedgwood called him: "a heartless, dour and repellent man who throughout his life showed a consistent inhumanity towards his fellow men". Wedgwood does however concede that, unlike others who conspired to bring Strafford down, Clotworthy was motivated less by self-interest than by genuine 248:. He seems to have felt a deep personal hatred for both Strafford and Laud, springing perhaps from profound religious differences. He was criticised for his conduct at Laud's execution, where he thrust himself forward and harangued that elderly man, who was trying to prepare himself for death, on his alleged religious errors. 1369: 1379: 545: 354:
in 1756. The earldom became extinct on the death of the 4th Earl without male issue in 1816, the viscounty and barony of Lough Neagh descending to his daughter Harriet Skeffington, whose husband,
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He died without male issue and as provided for in the special remainder, his title devolved onto his son-in-law Sir John Skeffington (husband of his daughter Mary Clotworthy), who became the
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with the dates 1648, 1649, 1650, 1651, marked. He was confined here until 1651 with five other distinguished prisoners, when all were dispersed as a precautionary measure
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Many Clotworthys since then have emigrated to other countries around the world, many to America. There are very few known to survive in Northern Ireland.
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Burke's General Armory, 1884, p. 582; Arms of Langford referred to same as those of Langford of Bratton Clovelly, Devon, per Vivian, p. 521
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and High Anglicans, despite the King's well-known leaning towards the Roman Catholic faith, and championed the cause of the Irish
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and Baron Oriel of Collon in the Irish peerage, and from his father in 1828 that of Baron Oriel of Ferrard in the peerage of the
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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in Devon, by his third wife Dorothy Parker, a daughter of John Parker (ancestor of the
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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Antrim constituencies
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in Devon. Sir Hugh's paternal grandmother was Ivota Rashleigh, heiress of
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On 12 December 1648, he was arrested and remained in prison (including at
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and his first wife Frances Moore, by whom he had a single daughter:
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and whose great-grandson, the 5th Viscount Massereene, was created
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1593-1641 - a revaluation
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he took an active share. He also took part in the prosecution of
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He was the son and heir of Sir Hugh Clotworthy (died 1630),
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also criticises him for his unpleasant behaviour at Laud's
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he unsuccessfully negotiated with the Royalist commander
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Sir John Clotworthy (from 1660 1st Viscount Massereene),
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The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the
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Langford of Kilmackedret was displayed on the facade of
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Clotworthy in no way abated his old animosity against
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A sculpted escutcheon showing the arms of Clotworthy
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