John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely

John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely KP (15 February 1770 – 26 September 1845), styled The Honourable John Loftus from 1785 to 1794 and Viscount Loftus from 1794 to 1806, was a British peer in both the Irish and British peerages.

Life[edit]

He was the son of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely and Jane Myhill. Loftus sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Wexford from 1790 until the Act of Union in 1801. He then represented County Wexford in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1806, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Marquess of Ely and 2nd Baron Loftus. He was Governor of County Wexford from 1805 and Custos Rotulorum of County Wexford from 1824.

On 3 November 1807, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.^[1] From 1800 to 1806, he was a Lord of the Treasury for Ireland.

Family[edit]

Anna Maria Dashwood by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1805

Loftus married Anna Maria, the daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, 3rd Baronet, on 22 May 1810 at St George's Hanover Square,^[2] and with her, he had five sons and four daughters,^[3] including the cricketer Lord Henry Loftus.

References[edit]

^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Anna Maria Dashwood in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932". Ancestry.com. 22 May 1810. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ "Loftus, John, Visct. Loftus (1770–1845), of Loftus Hall, co. Wexford". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Vesey Colclough George Ogle	Member of Parliament for County Wexford 1790 – 1801 With: George Ogle 1790–1797 Abel Ram 1798–1801	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Ireland	Member of Parliament for County Wexford 1801 – 1806 Served alongside: Abel Ram	Succeeded by Caesar Colclough John Colclough
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Charles Loftus	Marquess of Ely 1806–1845	Succeeded by John Loftus
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Loftus	Baron Loftus 1806–1845	Succeeded by John Loftus

[1] Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Anna Maria Dashwood in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932". Ancestry.com. 22 May 1810. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[3] "Loftus, John, Visct. Loftus (1770–1845), of Loftus Hall, co. Wexford". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

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