Loftus may refer to:
People
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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 Chan ...
, a list of people with the surname
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Loftus (given name) Loftus is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Loftus Armstrong (1878–1959), New Zealand rugby union player
* Loftus Becker, American law professor
* Loftus Henry Bland (1805–1872), Irish barrister and Member of Parl ...
, a list of people with the given name
Places
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Loftus, New South Wales
Loftus is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Loftus is 29 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Sutherland Shire.
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, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
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Loftus, North Yorkshire
Loftus is a town and civil parish located north of the North York Moors, England. It is in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire.
At the 2011 census, the town's parish population was 7,988. The parish includes the villages of C ...
, a town in Redcar and Cleveland, England
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Loftus Glacier
Loftus Glacier () is a valley glacier between Mount Weyant and Mount McLennan, which flows north to join Newall Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Chief Journalist Leo G ...
, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Titles
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Viscount Loftus, a title created three times in the Peerage of Ireland
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Baron Loftus
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knigh ...
, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Loftus baronets, two baronetcies in Ireland
Transportation
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Loftus Street, a major north-south road the Perth suburbs of Subiaco and West Perth, Western Australia
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Loftus railway station, Sydney, Australia
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Loftus railway station
Loftus, previously ''Lofthouse'', was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 1 April 1875 as the terminus of a line from Saltburn
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, commonly referred to as Saltburn, is ...
, a disused railway station in Redcar and Cleveland, England
Arts and entertainment
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Loftus (band), an American indie rock band
* Professor Geoffrey Loftus, a character in the British comedy series ''
Doctor in the House''
See also
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Loftus Hall, a building in County Wexford, Ireland, that is said to have been haunted by the devil
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Loftus Road, a football stadium in London, the home ground of Queens Park Rangers
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Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa
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Lofthouse (disambiguation) Lofthouse may refer to:
Locations
* Lofthouse, North Yorkshire
* Lofthouse, West Yorkshire
* Lofthouse, a former name of Loftus, North Yorkshire
* Lofthouse and Outwood railway station
People
* Alan Lofthouse, South African bowler
* Andrew Loft ...
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