THE MASSY-BERESFORDS OWNED 1,183 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY FERMANAGH
THE HON JOHN MASSY, son of Hugh, 2nd Baron Massy, married Maria, daughter of Robert Maunsell, and had issue,
Hugh, died in 1862;Mr Massy died in 1869, and was succeeded by his younger son,
JOHN MAUNSELL, of whom hereafter.
THE VERY REV JOHN MAUNSELL MASSY-BERESFORD (1823-86), Dean of Kilmore, of St Hubert's, near Derrylin, County Fermanagh, and Macbie Hill, Peeblesshire, wedded, in 1851, Emily Sarah, daughter of the Rev John Isaac Beresford (descendant of the noble house of WATERFORD), and had issue,
JOHN GEORGE BERESFORD, his heir;The Dean changed his name, in 1871, to MASSY-BERESFORD.
Emily Louisa; Selina Harriette Perotine.
He was succeeded by his only son,
(JOHN) GEORGE BERESFORD MASSY-BERESFORD JP DL (1856-1923), of St Hubert's and Macbie Hill, High Sheriff of County Fermanagh, 1900, who wedded, in 1892, Alice Elizabeth, daughter of John, 1st Baron Dunleath, and had issue,
TRISTRAM HUGH, his heir;Mr Massy-Beresford was succeeded by his eldest son,
John Clarina (1897-1918), killed in action;
Desmond George;
Monica Emily.
BRIGADIER TRISTRAM HUGH "TIM" MASSY-BERESFORD DSO MVO MC (1896-1987), of Surrey, who married, in 1927, Helen Lindsay, daughter of Lindsay Crompton Lawford, and had issue,
Michael James;
Christopher Kerry;
Patricia Nell (Dr).
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| St Hubert's, near Derrylin, County Fermanagh |
The demesne was located almost directly to the west of Inish Rath Island.
St Hubert's was demolished after the War.
To his credit J A K Dean has written about the former Victorian mansion in his Plight of the Big House in Northern Ireland, page 108.
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| St Hubert's demesne (historic OS map) |
Akin to Crom and Castle Saunderson, St Hubert's was castellated, with lofty chimneys and a tower.
The Saundersons sold St Hubert's to the Very Rev John Maunsell Massy-Beresford about 1870; and the mansion was in use until the 2nd World War.
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| Walled garden and boat shed at St Hubert's (historic OS map) |
St Hubert's was demolished after the War.
First published in September, 2019.
My grandfather, Geoffrey Corbett (Shropshire Corbetts) came to Northern Ireland with his new bride in 1914 to be the Land Agent at Crom Castle. He was not very taken with the Land Agent's House and he then bought Rossferry, just beside Geaglum Pier. He served with the Coldstream Guards during WW1 and was awarded the DSO (unusual for a subaltern - I have the citation). At some stage - 1920's ? - he then bought the neighbouring St Huberts - not sure whether house and land or just land.
ReplyDeleteI was born at Rossferry in 1944 and christened in Crom Church, now living in Killinchy, Co Down. My grandparents returned to England on his retirement in the early 1950s.
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