Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet (12 April 1713 – 26 March 1745) was an

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politician.

Family

Crofton was the son of Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet and Mary Nixon. He represented

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in the

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between 1735 and his death in 1745. He succeeded to his father's

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on 11 November 1739. He married Martha Damer, daughter of Joseph Damer and Mary Churchill, on 17 June 1741.

Education

Crofton entered

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

on 19 May 17300.

Political career

He represented

in the

between 1735 and his death in 1745.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.81 (Retrieved 1 April 2020).

Military career

He served in the

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and was killed near

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during the

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. He died without children and was succeeded by his relation, Oliver. The later Crofton Baronets were descendants of Edward's sister Catherine, who married

Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet (died 17 January 1784) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was born Marcus Lowther, the son of Gorges Lowther MP, of Kilrue, County Meath, and Jane Beresford, daughter of Sir Tristram Beresford, 3rd Baronet a ...

Widow's re-marriage

His widow remarried Ezekiel Nisbett, an

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medical doctor and President of the

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References

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Irish MPs 1727–1760 Dawson-Damer family