Viscount Loftus is a title that has been created three times in the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

for members of the

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...

Loftus family. The first creation was for Adam Loftus on 10 May 1622, who served as

Lord Chancellor of Ireland The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (commonly known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801, it was also the highest political office of ...

in 1619. This title became extinct in 1725 upon the death of the third viscount, who had no male heir, despite having married three times. The second creation was for

Nicholas Loftus Nicholas Loftus (1592-1666) was an Irish politician and public official. He was the son of Sir Dudley Loftus and the grandson of Adam Loftus, the Archbishop of Dublin and an influential political figure in Tudor Ireland. His mother Anne Bage ...

in 1756, a great-grandson of Adam and a member of the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

. Two of his sons were created earls as Earl of Ely, although both titles became extinct. The third creation of the title was for Charles Loftus in 1789, who became

Marquess of Ely Marquess of Ely, of the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Charles Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely. He was born Charles Tottenham, the son of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, who had been created a ba ...

in 1800.John Debrett, ''Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland'' (1820), 922. This title is extant.

Viscounts Loftus; First creation (1622)

Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (c. 1568–1643), was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1619 and from 1622 raised to the peerage of Ireland as Viscount Loftus of Ely, King's County. His uncle, another Adam Loftus, was both Lord Chancellor of Irela ...

(c. 1568–1643) *Edward Loftus, 2nd Viscount Loftus (c. 1598 - 11 April 1680) *Arthur Loftus, 3rd Viscount Loftus (18 June 1644 - 6 November 1725)

Viscounts Loftus; Second creation (1756)

Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus PC (I) (c.1687 – 31 December 1763) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Loftus was the son of Henry Loftus and Anne Crewkern. He served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for ...

(c. 1687 - 31 December 1763) * Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Viscount Loftus (1714 – 31 October 1766) (created Earl of Ely in 1766) See Earl of Ely for succession to this creation.

Viscounts Loftus; Third creation (1789)

* Charles Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (1738–1806) (created Marquess of Ely in 1800) See

for succession to this creation.

References

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