John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely
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Lord of the Treasury for Ireland
Governor of County Wexford
Custos Rotulorum of County Wexford
The Marquess of Ely | |
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 John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely, by Sir Thomas Lawrence | |
| Other titles | Viscount Loftus, Knight of the Order of St Patrick |
| Born | 15 February 1770 |
| Died | 26 September 1845 |
| Offices | Member of Parliament for County Wexford (1790-1801) Lord of the Treasury for Ireland Governor of County Wexford Custos Rotulorum of County Wexford |
| Noble family | Loftus Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (grandchild) |
| Issue | 11 including John Loftus, 3rd Marquess of Ely Lord Augustus Loftus Lord Henry Loftus |
| Parents | Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely |
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.
He was the son of Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely and Jane Myhill.
Career
Loftus sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Wexford from 1790 until the Act of Union in 1801. He then represented County Wexford in the Parliament of the United Kingdom 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 from 1824.
On 3 November 1807, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.[1] From 1800 to 1806, he was a Lord of the Treasury for Ireland.
