The Massey families are prominent Canadian

Canada

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 (North Carolina and Indiana) families. The Canadian Masseys are known for manufacturers of farm equipment and are active patrons of the Canadian arts. The North Carolina Masseys are descended from Thomas Massey who immigrated from Cheshire, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1683 on the sloop Endeavor. The company they founded went on to become Massey Ferguson

Massey Ferguson

Massey Ferguson Limited was a major agricultural equipment manufacturer which was based in Canada before its purchase by AGCO. The company was formed by a merger between Massey Harris and the Ferguson tractor company in 1953, creating the company Massey Harris Ferguson. However in 1958 the name was...

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• Daniel Massey
  Daniel Massey (manufacturer)
  Daniel Massey was a blacksmith in Newcastle, Ontario, who began production of agricultural implements in 1847....
  
   (1798–1856) Canadian blacksmith, producer of farm implements
  • Hart Massey
    Hart Massey
    Hart Almerrin Massey was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist born in Haldimand Township in what was then known as Upper Canada. His parents were Daniel Massey and Lucina Bradley...
    
     (1823–1896) Canadian businessman and philanthropist
    • Chester Daniel Massey
      • Raymond Massey
        Raymond Massey
        Raymond Hart Massey was a Canadian/American actor.-Early life:Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Anna , who was born in Illinois, and Chester Daniel Massey, the wealthy owner of the Massey-Ferguson Tractor Company. Massey's family could trace their ancestry back to the American...
        
         (1896–1983), Canadian born actor, US citizen 1944
        • Anna Massey
          Anna Massey
          Anna Raymond Massey, CBE was an English actress. She won a BAFTA Award for the role of Edith Hope in the 1986 TV adaptation of Anita Brookner’s novel Hotel du Lac.-Early life:...
          
           (1937–2011), British actress
        • Daniel Massey
          Daniel Massey (actor)
          Daniel Raymond Massey was an English actor and performer. He is possibly best known for his starring role in the British TV drama The Roads to Freedom, as Daniel, alongside Michael Bryant...
          
           (1933–1998), British actor
      • Vincent Massey
        Vincent Massey
        Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Canadian Confederation....
        
         (1887–1967), Governor General of Canada
    • Charles Albert Massey (1848–1884)
      • Bert Massey, famously murdered in 1915
    • Walter Edward Massey (1864–1901), president of Massey-Harris
      • Denton Massey
        Denton Massey
        Denton Massey was a Canadian engineer, Anglican priest and politician.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the grandson of the founder of the Massey agricultural manufacturing company, Hart Massey, he attended St...
        
         (1900–1984), Anglican priest and politician.
    • Frederick Victor Massey (1867–1890)

Walter Edward Hart Massey

Walter Massey (actor)

Walter Edward Hart Massey is a Canadian actor. He has had numerous roles on stage, movies, and television for more than five decades. Massey is the cousin of actor Raymond Massey and is a founding member of Canadian Actors' Equity.He played the part of U.S. President Taft in the 2005 movie The...

Buildings named in the honour of members of the family:

• Hart House
• Massey Hall
  Massey Hall
  Massey Hall is a venerable performing arts theatre in the Garden District of downtown Toronto. The theatre originally was designed to seat 3,500 patrons but, after extensive renovations in the 1940s, now seats up to 2,765....
  
  
• Massey College
  Massey College
  Massey College is a postgraduate residential college at the University of Toronto, established in 1963 with an endowment by the Massey Foundation. Similar to All Souls College, Oxford, members of Massey College are nominated from the university community, and are elected by and as fellows of the...