Viscount Massereene
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The Viscount Massereene and Ferrard holds two Viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland. The Viscountcy of Massereene dates to 1660, and the Viscountcy of Ferrard to 1797.
The Viscount also holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Lougneagh (1660) and Baron Oriel (1790) in the Peerage of Ireland and Baron Oriel (1821) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As Baron Oriel, he sat in the House of Lords until 1999.
The Irish titles are unique in being the only such peerages that can decend through heirs general rather than heirs male.
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Viscounts Massereene (1660)
- John Clotworthy, 1st Viscount Massereene (d. 1665)
- John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene (d. 1695)
- Clotworthy Skeffington, 3rd Viscount Massereene (1660-1714)
- Clotworthy Skeffington, 4th Viscount Massereene (d. 1739)
- Clotworthy Skeffington, 1st Earl of Massereene, 5th Viscount Massereene (1715-1757)
- Clotworthy Skeffington, 2nd Earl of Massereene, 6th Viscount Massereene (1743-1805)
- Henry Skeffington, 3rd Earl of Massereene, 7th Viscount Massereene (d. 1811)
- Chichester Skeffington, 4th Earl of Massereene, 8th Viscount Massereene (d. 1816)
- Harriet Skeffington, 9th Viscountess Massereene (d. 1831)
- John Skeffington, 10th Viscount Massereene, 3rd Viscount Ferrard (1812-1863)
- Clotworthy John Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene, 4th Viscount Ferrard (1842-1905)
- Algernon William John Clotworthy Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene, 5th Viscount Ferrard (1873-1956)
- John Clotworthy Talbot Foster Whyte-Melville-Skeffington, 13th Viscount Massereene, 6th Viscount Ferrard (1914-1992)
- John David Clotworthy Whyte-Melville Foster Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene, 7th Viscount Ferrard (b. 1940)
The last two Viscounts Massereene and Ferrard have both been presidents of the Conservative Monday Club.
The Heir Apparent is Hon. Charles Skeffington (b. 7 Feb 1973)