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MASSINGBERD, PEREGRINE, second son of Bennet Langton LLD, Great George Street, Westminster, and Mary, widow of John, 9th Earl of Rothes, and dau. of Graham Lloyd; b. Jan 1780; in school list 1797; Henry Fynes-Clinton (qv) records that his schoolfellow Langton lent him Boswell’s Life of Johnson to read when he was a homeboarder in 1796 (Literary Remains, 1854, 332); Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Dec 1797, aged 17; BA 1801; assumed surname of Massingberd in lieu of Langton 2 Feb 1803; of Gunby Hall, Lincs.; m. 18 Aug 1802 Elizabeth Mary Anne, only dau. of Henry Massingberd, Gunby Hall, Lincs.; d. 23 Sep 1856.

MASSEY, CHARLES CARLETON, youngest son of Right Hon. William Nathaniel Massey PC MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office, barrister, and Frances Carleton, dau. of Rev. John Orde, Rector of Wensley, Yorks.; b. 23 Dec 1838; adm. 20 Jan 1853; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Nov 1859, certificate of honour May 1861, called to bar 27 Jan 1862; Western Circuit; retd. from practice 1881; d. 29 Mar 1905.

MASSEY, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).

Masse, Joseph Francois Paulin; b. France 5 Nov 1834 ; French Master at Dulwich College Nov 1858 – Dec 1863, Merchant Taylors’ School 1864-75 ; visiting French Master at the School Sep 1869 – Dec 1883 ; subsequently Principal, London School of Commerce, Finchley, Middlesex ; Examiner in Modern Languages to Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, Board of Intermediate Education for Ireland, College of Preceptors, and Civil Service Commission ; author, A Grammar of Colloquial French and French Spare Moments ; m. 11 Jun 1859 Margaret, dau. of John Bowack, Montrose ; d. 13 Mar 1899, as a result of a street accident.

MASQUERIER, LEWIS, eldest son of James Louis Masquerier, Coventry Street, Piccadilly, goldsmith, and Marie, widow of --- Goodinge, and sister of Paul Barbot (IGI); b. 28 Sep 1761; adm. 14 Nov 1774; EIC Maritime Service; 5th mate, Lord Mulgrave Indiaman 1780-1; travelled in Java, India (where he taught at a school in Calcutta, listed as schoolmaster there East India Calendar 1793), and Haiti; eventually settled in Paris, Kentucky, USA; m. at Bourbon, Kentucky 16 Jul 1798 (IGI) Sarah, dau. of Thomas Hicklin, Capt. in American Army during War of Independence; d. 1805.

MASON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1723/4; left 1724.

MASON, SAMUEL, son of Randal Mason, Yorkshire; b.; at school (aged 11) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).

MASON, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Mason LLD, Croom’s Hill, Greenwich, Kent, Master of Court of Requests, and Judith, dau. of Sir Christopher Buckle, Burgh, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, adm. pens. 10 May 1659, scholar 1659, martr. 1662; BA 1662/3; of East Greenwich, Kent; m.; d. 1666 (will of him or father proved PCC 5 Apr 1666).

MASON, NASH, son of John Mason, Maidstone, Kent, and Mary, dau. of John Calland; bapt. 5 Apr 1738; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1750/1 (Burges'); of Maidstone, Kent; d. unm. 21 Apr 1769.