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Arthur Loftus Tottenham (5 April 1838 – 4 December 1887) was a landowner and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1880 to 1887.

Biography

Tottenham was the eldest son of Nicholas Loftus Tottenham of Glenfarne Hall, lenfarne, Co Leitrim and his wife Anna Maria Hopkins, daughter of Sir Francis Hopkins. He was educated at

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and was a captain in the Rifle Brigade. He owned Glenfarne Hall and estate at Enniskillen, the 4th largest estate in Britain and Ireland, which amounted to over . He became J. P. for the counties of Leitrim,

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, and

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, and a Deputy Lieutenant for Co. Leitrim. He became

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in 1866. In 1876 Tottenham stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Leitrim but was elected

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for Leitrim in 1880. He held the seat until the

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when he was elected MP for

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. He held the seat until his death at the age of 49. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Hove.The Gravestone Photographic Resource
/ref> Tottenham married Sarah Ann Gore in 1859. Major Arthur Gore Loftus Tottenham (1874–1940) and Herbert Ponsonby Loftus Tottenham (1871–1956) were among their children.

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* * 1838 births 1887 deaths People educated at Eton College Irish Conservative Party MPs Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Leitrim constituencies (1801–1922) People from Enniskillen Deputy Lieutenants of Leitrim Politicians from County Leitrim High Sheriffs of Leitrim {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub