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Loftus (surname)
Loftus is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Loftus (Archbishop) (1533–1605), Irish Archbishop, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, first provost of Trinity College, Dublin *Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (1568–1643), Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1619 *Aisling Loftus (1990–), English actress * Amy Loftus, American singer *Cecilia Loftus (1876–1943), Scottish burlesque performer and actress * Dudley Loftus (died 1616) (1561-1616), an Irish landowner and politician *Elizabeth Loftus (born 1944), American psychologist and author * Ernest Achey Loftus (1884-1987), English soldier, teacher and diarist * Frederick Loftus (1799–1860), cricketer * Hubert J. Loftus (1924-1995), American politician *Jamie Loftus (born 1993), American comedian, writer, podcaster, and actress * John Loftus (born 1950), American author, former US government prosecutor, and former Army intelligence officer * Johnny Loftus (1895–1976), American horse racing jockey * Joseph Philip Loftu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Loftus (Archbishop)
Adam Loftus (c. 1533 – 5 April 1605) was Archbishop of Armagh, and later Dublin, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1581. He was also the first Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Early life Adam Loftus was born in 1533, the second son of Edward Loftus, bailiff of Swineside in Coverdale, one of the Yorkshire Dales, for Coverham Abbey. Edward died when Loftus was only eight years old, leaving his estates to his elder brother Robert Loftus. Edward Loftus had made his living through the Catholic Church, but the son embraced the Protestant faith early in his development. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he reportedly attracted the notice of the young Queen Elizabeth, as much by his physique as through the power of his intellect, having shone before her in oratory. This encounter may never have happened, but Loftus certainly met with the Queen more than once, and she became his patron for the rest of her reign. At Cambridge Loftus took holy orders as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |