Peerage Record – 47331

     John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton was born on 9 October 1732.¹ He was the son of Venerable John Crampton and Charlotte Fiennes Twisleton.¹ He married Anne Verner on 16 June 1764 at St. Andrew’s, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He died on 26 August 1792 at age 59.¹
     He lived at Merrion Square, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.²

     Venerable John Crampton was born in 1706.¹ He married Charlotte Fiennes Twisleton, daughter of Colonel Fiennes Twisleton and Mary Clarke, on 13 January 1731 at St. Andrew’s, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He died on 1 November 1771 at Headway, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹
     He held the office of Archdeacon of Tuam.¹ He was the Rector at Headway, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹

     Charlotte Fiennes Twisleton was born in 1710 at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Colonel Fiennes Twisleton and Mary Clarke.¹ She married Venerable John Crampton on 13 January 1731 at St. Andrew’s, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ She died on 7 March 1776 at Headway, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹
     From 13 January 1731, her married name became Crampton.¹

     Anne Verner was born circa 1743 at Tullydaw, County Tyrone, Ireland^G.¹ She married John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton, son of Venerable John Crampton and Charlotte Fiennes Twisleton, on 16 June 1764 at St. Andrew’s, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ She died on 2 January 1826.¹
     From 16 June 1764, her married name became Crampton.¹

     Louisa Fyers was born circa 1795 at Gibraltar^G.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Gen. William Fyers and Ann Wanton.¹ She married John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton, son of John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton and Anne Verner, on 6 November 1812 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹
     From 6 November 1812, her married name became Crampton.¹

     Lt.-Gen. William Fyers was born on 6 January 1753 at Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland^G.¹ He married Ann Wanton in 1781.¹ He died on 27 October 1829 at age 76 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1775 in the Royal Engineers.¹ He fought in the American War of Independence.¹ He gained the rank of Brevet Major in 1795.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1800.¹ He fought in the Walcheran Expedition in 1809, where he was hit in teh chest by a musket-ball.¹ He gained the rank of Major-General in 1811.¹ He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers in 1816.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1819.¹

     Ann Wanton married Lt.-Gen. William Fyers in 1781.¹
     From 1781, her married name became Fyers.¹

     Lucinda Claire Wharton is the daughter of Peter Merewyn Wharton.¹ She married Piers James Carteret Thynne, son of Richard George Granville Thynne and Elizabeth Barton, on 9 October 2010 at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, London, England^G.¹
     From 9 October 2010, her married name became Thynne.¹

     John Clotworthy Talbot Whyte-Melville Skeffington, 13th Viscount Massereene was born on 22 October 1914.¹ He was the son of Algernon William John Clotworthy Whyte-Melville Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene and Jean Barbara Ainsworth.¹ He married Annabelle Kathleen Lewis, daughter of Henry David Lewis, on 15 March 1939.¹ He died on 27 December 1992 at age 78 at Canterbury, Kent, England.^1,2
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Black Watch.¹ He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1940, when he was invalided.¹ He succeeded as the 13th Viscount Massereene, co. Antrim [I., 1660] on 20 July 1956.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Oriel of Collon, co. Louth [I., 1790] on 20 July 1956.¹ He succeeded as the 13th Baron of Loughneagh, co. Antrim [I., 1660] on 20 July 1956.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Viscount Ferrard, co. Louth [I., 1797] on 20 July 1956.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Oriel of Ferrard, co. Louth [U.K., 1821] on 20 July 1956.¹

     John David Clothworthy Whyte-Melville Foster Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene was born on 3 June 1940.¹ He is the son of John Clotworthy Talbot Whyte-Melville Skeffington, 13th Viscount Massereene and Annabelle Kathleen Lewis.^1,2 He married Anne Denise Rowlandson, daughter of Norman Rowlandson and Joan (?), on 21 November 1970.¹
     He was educated at Millfield School, Street, Somerset, England^G.¹ He was educated at Institute Monte Rosa, Switzerland.¹ He gained the rank of officer between 1959 and 1962 in the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards.¹ He was a stockbroker between 1961 and 1964.¹ He was in the motor trade, with M. D. Barnard between 1964 and 1970.¹ He was a stockbroker in 1970.¹ He succeeded as the 14th Baron of Loughneagh, co. Antrim [I., 1660] on 27 December 1992.¹ He succeeded as the 14th Viscount Massereene, co. Antrim [I., 1660] on 27 December 1992.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baron Oriel of Collon, co. Louth [I., 1790] on 27 December 1992.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baron Oriel of Ferrard, co. Louth [U.K., 1821] on 27 December 1992.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Viscount Ferrard, co. Louth [I., 1797] on 27 December 1992.¹