John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely
Noble person
1770 – 1845
Who was John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely?
John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely KP, styled The Honourable John Loftus from 1785 to 1794 and Viscount Loftus from 1794 to 1806, was a peer in both the Irish and UK peerage..
He was the son of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely. Loftus sat in the Irish House of Commons for Wexford County 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 co. 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. From 1800 to 1806, he was a Lord of the Treasury for Ireland.
He married Anna Maria, the daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, 3rd Baronet, with whom he had 5 sons and 4 daughters.
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