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John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely KP (''né'' Tottenham; 15 February 1770 – 26 September 1845), styled The Honourable John Loftus from 1785 to 1794 and Viscount Loftus from 1794 to 1806, was an Anglo-Irish politician and aristocrat who held Irish and British peerages.
Loftus married Anna Maria Dashwood, the daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, 3rd Baronet, on 22 May 1810 at St George's Hanover Square. They had 11 children, of whom five sons and three daughters survived to adulthood.
*Lady Charlotte Elizabeth (22 April 1811 – 4 September 1878), married William Tatton Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton
*Henry Robert, Viscount Loftus (15 March 1813 – 15 April 1813), died at four weeks
* John Henry, 3rd Marquess of Ely (19 January 1814 – 15 July 1857), married in 1844 Jane Hope-Vere
*Lord George William (11 May 1815 – 19 January 1877), married Martha Fuller
*Rev. Lord Adam (13 May 1816 – 25 December 1866), Rector of Magheraculmoney, married Margaret Fannin, father of 5th and 6th Marquesses of Ely
*Lady Anna Maria Helen (5 March 1819 – 27 December 1896), died unmarried
* Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus (1817–1904)
* Lord Henry Yorke Astley Loftus (1822–1880), married Louisa Emma, Dowager Countess of Seafield (''née'' Maunsell), widow of 6th Earl of Seafield
*Lady Caroline Louisa (23 March 1824 – 26 March 1825), died young
*Lady Elizabeth Caroline (8 July 1826 – 3 October 1836), died young
*Lady Catherine Henrietta Mary (29 April 1828 – 22 February 1908), married cousin Capt. Arthur John Loftus, Keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower of London
Early life
He was the son ofCharles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely
Charles Tottenham Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely, KP, PC (23 January 1738 – 22 March 1806) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
Life
Born Charles Tottenham, he assumed the additional surname of Loftus in 1783, after inheriting the estate ...
and Jane Myhill.
Career
Loftus sat in theIrish House of Commons
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for County Wexford
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from 1790 until the Act of Union in 1801. He then represented County Wexford
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in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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until 1806, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Marquess of Ely and 2nd Baron Loftus. He was Governor of County Wexford from 1805 and Custos Rotulorum of County Wexford
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Incumbents
* ?–?1783 Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely (died 1783)
* 1807–?1824 Sir Frederick Flood, 1st Baronet (died 1824)
* 1824-?1845 John Loftus, 2nd ...
from 1824.
On 3 November 1807, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick
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. From 1800 to 1806, he was a Lord of the Treasury for Ireland.
Marriage and issue
Loftus married Anna Maria Dashwood, the daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, 3rd Baronet, on 22 May 1810 at St George's Hanover Square. They had 11 children, of whom five sons and three daughters survived to adulthood.
*Lady Charlotte Elizabeth (22 April 1811 – 4 September 1878), married William Tatton Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton
*Henry Robert, Viscount Loftus (15 March 1813 – 15 April 1813), died at four weeks
* John Henry, 3rd Marquess of Ely (19 January 1814 – 15 July 1857), married in 1844 Jane Hope-Vere
*Lord George William (11 May 1815 – 19 January 1877), married Martha Fuller
*Rev. Lord Adam (13 May 1816 – 25 December 1866), Rector of Magheraculmoney, married Margaret Fannin, father of 5th and 6th Marquesses of Ely
*Lady Anna Maria Helen (5 March 1819 – 27 December 1896), died unmarried
* Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus (1817–1904)
* Lord Henry Yorke Astley Loftus (1822–1880), married Louisa Emma, Dowager Countess of Seafield (''née'' Maunsell), widow of 6th Earl of Seafield
*Lady Caroline Louisa (23 March 1824 – 26 March 1825), died young
*Lady Elizabeth Caroline (8 July 1826 – 3 October 1836), died young
*Lady Catherine Henrietta Mary (29 April 1828 – 22 February 1908), married cousin Capt. Arthur John Loftus, Keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower of London
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