SKEFFINGTON, Sir John (1632-95), of Fisherwick, Staffs. and Antrim Castle, co. Antrim.

Family and Education

bap. 27 Dec. 1632, s. and h. of Sir Richard Skeffington* of Hawksyard, Staffs. and Anne, da. of Sir John Newdigate of Arbury, Warws.CB ii. 14-15; Al. Cant. educ. Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, Sept. 1649; fellow-commoner 1651.Al. Cant.; Pepys’s Diary, v. 276n. m. 20 July 1654, Mary, da. of Sir John Clotworthy* of Massereene, co. Antrim, 3s. 4da.CP; Lodge, Peerage, iii. 65. suc. fa. 1647; cousin (as 4th Bt) Apr. 1652;CB ii. 14-15. fa.-in-law (as 2nd Viscount Massereene and baron of Lough Neagh [I]) 23 Sept. 1665.CP. d. 21 June 1695.Lodge, Peerage, iii. 65; CB ii. 14-15.

Offices Held

Irish: j.p. co. Antrim by Jan. 1657–63.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 623; Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 670–2; DIB. Commr. assessment, 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (1657). poll money, 24 Apr. 1660–1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 626, 646. Capt. militia, Antrim c.1660.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 249. MP, co. Antrim 1661–5.CJI, i. 588. Custos rot. co. Londonderry Apr. 1666.Lodge, Peerage, iii. 63. PC, Nov. 1667-Mar. 1689, Dec. 1690–d.CSP Ire. 1666–9, p. 482; HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 396, 450–1. Gov. Londonderry 1678; co. Antrim bef. 1683; Londonderry and Coleraine 1685.CP; DIB. Capt. Lough Neagh 1680.DIB.

Parlimentarian

SKEFFINGTON, Sir John (1632-95), of Fisherwick, Staffs. and Antrim Castle, co. Antrim.

: Staffs. and Antrim Castle, co. Antrim.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, P. Lely.Arbury Hall, Warws.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SKEFFINGTON, Sir John (1632-95), of Fisherwick, Staffs. and Antrim Castle, co. Antrim.

Will

Estates

in 1654 held lands in Staffs. and Warws.PRONI, D.207/16/1-2. In 1665 acquired extensive estates from his fa.-in-law, principally in cos. Antrim, Down, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Tipperary: 42,429 acres (1670); worth (1689) £4,340 p.a.Down Survey website; J. Ohlmeyer, Making Ireland English (New Haven, 2012), 308; Lodge, Peerage, iii. 65.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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