Portrait of Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Earl of Galway, three-quarter length in armour with a red sash, a landscape beyond

The French soldier and diplomat Henry de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny (1648-1720) became Viscount Galway in 1692, under the third creation of the title. He was made Earl of Galway in 1697. Both titles became extinct on his death in 1720 until the fourth creation in 1727 when John Monckton was made Baron Killard, Co. Clare and Viscount Galway.