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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO
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MASSEREENE, Viscount, 1660; Viscount Ferrard, 1979; Baron of Loughneagh, 1660; Baron Oriel, 1790 (Irld.); Baron Oriel (Unit. Kgd. 1821), Algernon William John Clotworthy Skeffington, 12th Viscount, D.S.O., Major N. Irish Horse, late Major 17th Lancers; H.M.'s Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum, Co Antrim, 1916; eldest son of Clotworthy, 11th Viscount, and Florence Elizabeth Viscountess Massereene and Ferrard, only child of the late Major and the Hon. Mrs. Whyte Melville; b. 28th Nov, 1873; s. his father, 26th June, 1905; m. 1905, Jean Barbara, dau. of J. S. Ainsworth, M.P., and has issue living one son and one dau. Res.: Antrim Castle, Antrim; Oriel Temple, Collon, Co. Louth. Clubs: Carlton and Cavalry, London; Kildare Street, Dublin.

MASSEY, Hon. Eyre Nathaniel, Capt. General Res. of Officers; late Capt. Scots Guards; served in S. African War, 1900-02; European War, 1914-19; eldest son of 5th Baron Clarina; b. 8th Feb., 1880; m. 11th July, 1906, Alice Erin, fourth dau. of William Allhusen, of Pintay, Lyme Regis, and has issue a dau. Res.: Riverview, Croom, Co. Limerick; Norman Cross, Peterborough.

MASSEY, Col. Godfrey, C.M.G. (1918), late Lieut.-Col. and Batt. Col. Norfolk Regt.; son of late Hugh Deane Massy, of Stagdale, Co. Limerick; b. 1863; m. 1889, Margaret Frances, dau. of C. Dodd United Service Club, London.

MASSEY, Right Hon. William Ferguson, P.C. (1914); Hon. LL.D. (Edinburgh); Prime Minister of New Zealand since 1912. Educ.; Public School and Secondary Schools at Londonderry; went out to New Zealand, 1870, to join his parents, who had emigrated with the Nonconformist settlers. 1862; was early associated with Local Government, and at different times held positions of Member of Road Board, Chairman of School Committee, President of Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association, President of Farmers' Club, etc.; entered New Zealand Parliament as Member for Waitemata, 1894; Member for Franklin since 1896; Chief Opposition Whip, 1895; Leader of the Opposition, 1903; has held office as Minister of Lands, Labour, Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce: a Representative of New Zealand Imperial War Cabinet and Conference, 1917-18; Plenipotentiary Peace Conference, Paris, 1919; Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium. Pubns.: pamphlets and miscellaneous articles. Recns.: bowling and general interest in all sport; b. Limavady, Co. Derry, 26th March, 1856; son of John Massey and Marian Ferguson; m. Christina, C.B.E., dau. of Walter Paul, Auckland, N.Z.; three sons, two daus. Res.: Wellington, New Zealand. Clubs: Northern, Auckland, Auckland; Wellington, Wellington.

MASSY, Baron (Irld. 1776), Hugh Somerset John Massy, 7th Baron; only son of John Thomas, 6th Baron, and Lady Lucy Maria (d. 1896), dau. of 3rd Earl of Carrick; b. 15th Feb., 1864; s. his father 28th Nov., 1915; m. 16th Sept., 1886, Ellen, dau. of late Charles William Wise, of Rochestown, Co. Tipperary, and has issue two sons and three daus. Res.: Hermitage, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick Massy Lodge, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork; Ardfinan House, Cahir, Co. Tipperary.

MASSY-BERESFORD, John George, B.A. (Cantab.) D.L., J.P. Co. Fermanagh (High Sheriff, 1900); J.P., Peeblesshire; served in European War with British Red Cross, 1915-16; served in Lanarkshire Yeo. Cav., 1876-84; b. 7th Feb., 1856; son of late Very Rev. J. M. Massy-Beresford, Dean of Kilmore, and Emily Sarah Massy-Beresford, of Macbiehill; m. 1892, Hon. Alice Mulholland, dau. of 1st Baron Dunleath, and has issue two sons and one dau. Recns.: hunting, yachting, shooting, fishing. Res.: St Hubert's, Belturbet, Co. Cavan. Clubs: Royal Automobile; Royal St. George Yacht, Kingstown.

MASSY-WESTROPP, Colonel John, C.M.G. (1902), J.P., Cos. Clare and Limerick; late commanding 5th Royal Munster Fusilier; late Capt. 12th Lancers; Hon. Col. in the Army; eldest son of late Col. John Massy-Westropp, J.P., of Attyflin, Co. Limerick, and Donass, Co. Clare: b. 28th April, 1860; m. 1890, Georgina, dau. of late Frederick William Kennedy, of 69 George Street, Limerick, and has issue two sons. Educ.: Windermere College; Portarlington. Res.: Doonass, Clonlara, Co. Clare. Clubs: Junior Conservative, London; Clare and Limerick County.

MATHESON, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Edwin, P.C, Ireland, 1910; Knt. Bach., 1907; called to Irish Bar, 1875; Hon. LL.D., late Royal University of Ireland,. 1901; Entered Irish Civil Service by competitive examination, 1863; appointed Secretary to the General Register Office, Dublin, 1877; Assistant Registrar-General, 1879; Commissioner of Irish Census, 1881, 1891 and 1901: Registrar-General for Ireland, 1900-1909: President of Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1904-5; Examiner in Vital Statistics and Public Health Law in the University of Dublin, 1901-1909; elder son of the late R. M. Matheson, Clerk of the Privy Council for Ireland; m. 1866, the late Cherrie M. Hardy. Pubns.: Various works on Irish Names, Legal, Statistical and other Scientific Treaties. Res.: 44 Belgrave Square, Monkstown, Co. Dublin.

MATHEWS, James Stanley, B.A. (Oxon.); Barrister King's Inns, 1911; late Lieut. S. Irish Horse; served in European War, 1914-18 Educ. at Beau-