Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet (died 17 January 1784) was an

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politician.

Biography

He was born Marcus Lowther, the son of Gorges Lowther MP, of Kilrue, County Meath, and Jane Beresford, daughter of

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and Nichola Sophia Hamilton. On 9 September 1743 he married Catherine Crofton, daughter of Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet and Mary Nixon, and in 1745 he legally changed his surname to Lowther-Crofton. They had seven children. Lowther-Crofton, like his father and his brother Gorges Lowther, represented

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in the

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between 1753 and 1760. On 12 June 1758 he was created a

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in the

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. In 1760 he served as High Sheriff of Roscommon. Lowther-Crofton represented

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from 1761 to 1768, before sitting again for Ratoath between 1769 and 1776.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.103 (Retrieved 31 March 2020). He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Edward Crofton, whose wife, Anne Crofton, was created Baroness Crofton in 1797. His daughter Sophia married the High Court judge

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; another daughter Catherine married Sir James Quaile Somerville, 3rd Baronet of Somerville, and was the grandmother of the first

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