Sir Edward Loftus, 1st Baronet (c.1742 – 17 May 1818) was an

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politician. Loftus was the illegitimate son of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus by a woman with the surname of Phillips. He was educated at

Kilkenny College Kilkenny College is a Church of Ireland co-educational day and boarding secondary school located in Kilkenny, in the South-East of Ireland. It is the largest co-educational boarding school in Ireland. In 2013 it transferred to the state/public se ...

. Loftus served as the Member of Parliament for Jamestown in the

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between 1761 and 1768. On 16 July 1768, he was created a

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, of Mount Loftus in the

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. He was

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in 1777 and High Sheriff of Wexford in 1784. On 18 March 1758 he married Anne Read, with whom he had four children, two of whom survived to adulthood.G. E. Cokayne and V. Gibbs, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant'' (1910), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 5 p. 65 fn.

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Date of birth unknown 1818 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people People educated at Kilkenny College Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland High sheriffs of Tyrone High sheriffs of Wexford Irish MPs 1761–1768

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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies Year of birth uncertain {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub