General Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina was a British Army officer who served in the French and Indian War. In 1800, he was made Baron Clarina in the peerage of Ireland.
1894 marble portrait of Massey after a cameo medallion by James Tassie
Massey defeated a French relief force at La Belle-Famille which forced the besieged fort of Niagara to capitulate.
The 27th Regiment of Foot was an Irish infantry regiment of the English Army and then the British Army, formed in 1689. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 108th Regiment of Foot to for
Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina
…County Limerick Died 17 May 1804 (aged 84) Allegiance Great Britain United Kingdom Branch British Army Service years 1739–1804 Rank General Commands 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot Conflicts French and Indian War Battle of La Belle-Famille General Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina (24 May 1719 – 17 May 1804) was a British Army officer…
Badge of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot
Illustration of a regimental grenadier in 1715
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
Marker at Morne Fortune detailing the regimental history