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Baron Clarina

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Baron Clarina, of Elm in the County of Limerick, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 27 December 1800 for General Eyre Massey.[1] The third Baron sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer between 1849 and 1872. The fourth Baron was an Irish representative peer between 1888 and 1897.[2] The barony became extinct on the death of the sixth Baron on 4 November 1952.

Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy, was the elder brother of the first Baron Clarina.

Barons Clarina (1800)

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Arms

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Coat of arms of Baron Clarina
Crest
Out of a ducal coronet Or a bull's head Gules armed Sable.
Escutcheon
Argent on a chevron between three fusils Sable a lion passant Or.
Supporters
Two grenadier soldiers in the uniform of the 27th Foot Proper each holding in his exterior hand a sword also Proper.
Motto
Pro Libertate Patriae [3]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "No. 15326". The London Gazette. 6 January 1801. pp. 39–40.
  2. ^ "BARON CASTLEMAINE HONORED.; Elected an Irish Representative Peer in Baron Clarina's Place". nytimes.com. 3 October 1898.
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.

Attribution

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