Sir Edward Loftus, 1st Baronet
Anglo-Irish politician (d. 1818)
About Sir Edward Loftus, 1st Baronet
Lived 1742 – 1818 (aged 75–76).
Sir Edward Loftus, 1st Baronet (c.1742 – 17 May 1818) was an Anglo-Irish 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. Loftus served as the Member of Parliament for Jamestown in the Irish House of Commons between 1761 and 1768. On 16 July 1768, he was created a baronet, of Mount Loftus in the Baronetage of Ireland. He was High Sheriff of Tyrone 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.
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Anglo-Irish politician (d. 1818)
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Sir Edward Loftus, 1st Baronet was born in 1742.
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Sir Edward Loftus, 1st Baronet died on 17 May 1818.
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