John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely


The Marquess of Ely

John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely, by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Titles and stylesViscount Loftus
Other titlesKnight of the Order of St Patrick
Born15 February 1770
Died26 September 1845
OfficesMember of Parliament for County Wexford (1790-1801)
Lord of the Treasury for Ireland
Governor of County Wexford
Custos Rotulorum of County Wexford
Noble familyLoftus
Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (grandchild)
Issue11 including John Loftus, 3rd Marquess of Ely
Lord Augustus Loftus
Lord Henry Loftus
ParentsCharles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely

John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely KP ( 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.