| Authorised form of name | Clotworthy; John (- 1665); 1st Viscount Massareene; politician |
| Dates | - 1665 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of death | Dublin, Ireland, Europe |
| Date of death | 25 September 1665 |
| Activity | Career:
MP for Antrim (1634); MP for Bossiney; MP for Maldon (1640-1648); commanded a regiment of the Royalist Army (1642-1643); member of the Committee of both Houses for the Relief of Ireland (1645); took part in the prosecution of Archbishop Laud; allotted most of the forfeited estates of the Marquess of Antrim; accused of embezzlement (1647); fled to France and was captured and brought back (1648); imprisoned (1648-1651); sent to England to represent the interests of Irish adventurers (1660); Privy Councillor (Ireland ) (1660); Commissioner for the Court of Claims; Custos Rotulorum for County Londonderry (1663)
Honours:
Kt 1626 Viscount 1660
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Provided a report of the sailing of Sir William Petty's (FRS 1660) ship (1662) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Hugh Clotworthy and Mary Langford
Married: Margaret Jones
Children: Mary Clotworthy; Lettice Clotworthy; son-in-law and heir Sir John Skeffington |
| OtherInfo | Clothworthy held interests in the Drapers' lands within the Londonderry settlement in the Ulster plantations. He lost his lease to these in 1635. As an Irish landowner in parliament, he acted as an intermediary between Ireland and England, in particular during the trial of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford. Under the Adventurers' Act of 1642, he speculatively advanced £1,000 for land acquisitions. The Act was passed in order to raise funds to suppress the Irish Rebellion 1641. Clotworthy gained a considerable estate from this during the 1650s. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC
Authority:
OtherFormsOfName spelling of title from DNB and Hunter
References:
Hall, A R and Hall, M B. 1968. 'Further Notes on Henry Oldenburg', in Notes and Records, vol. 23, pp. 33-42
Notes:
The election date is Clotworthy's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously admitted into the Society on 11 September 1661. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/40796509 |
| Code | NA5643 |