Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet (25 May 1687 – 11 November 1739) was an
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 State rel ...
politician.
Crofton was the son of
Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet (11 October 1748 – 30 September 1797) was an Irish politician.
Crofton was the son of Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet and his wife, Catherine (née Crofton) and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death ...
and Katherine St George, daughter of
Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet
Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet (died October 1695) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
Biography
Oliver St George was the son of Sir George St George of Carrickdrumrusk and Katherine Gifford, and grandson of Richard St George, Clarenceux King o ...
. He sat in the
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...
as the
Member of Parliament for the borough of
Roscommon
Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...
between 1713 and his death in 1739.
[E. M. Johnston-Liik]
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.81 (Retrieved 31 March 2020). In 1733, he was appointed to the
Privy Council of Ireland
His or Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, commonly called the Privy Council of Ireland, Irish Privy Council, or in earlier centuries the Irish Council, was the institution within the Dublin Castle administration which exercised formal executi ...
.
He married Mary Nixon, daughter of Anthony Nixon of Dublin, on 4 March 1711. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 24 November 1729. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his eldest son,
Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...
. The later Crofton baronets descended from his daughter Catherine, who married
Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet.
See also
*
Crofton Baronets of The Mote (first creation, 1661)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crofton, Edward, 3rd Baronet
1687 births
1739 deaths
18th-century Anglo-Irish people
Irish MPs 1713–1714
Irish MPs 1715–1727
Irish MPs 1727–1760
Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Roscommon constituencies