Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely

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Charles Tottenham pastel portrait

Charles Tottenham Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely KP, PC (23 January 1738 – 22 March 1806) was an Irish peer and politician.

Born Charles Tottenham, he assumed the surname of Loftus in 1783, after inheriting the estates of his uncle Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely. He represented Fethard (County Wexford) in the Irish House of Commons from 1776 to 1783. In the latter year, he stood as Member of Parliament for Wexford Borough, a seat he held until 1785, when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall, County Wexford. From 14 January 1789 until 1806 Loftus was one of the joint Postmasters General of Ireland. He became Marquess of Ely on 29 December 1800 and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 12 December 1794. In 1801 he was made Baron Loftus of Long Loftus, Yorkshire in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him and his successors to a seat in the House of Lords.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by John Tottenham Arthur Loftus	Member of Parliament for Fethard 1776–1783 With: Robert Hellen 1776–1779 Ponsonby Tottenham 1779–1783	Succeeded by Ephraim Carroll Ponsonby Tottenham
Preceded by Richard Le Hunt Richard Nevill	Member of Parliament for Wexford Borough 1783–1785 With: Richard Nevill	Succeeded by Richard Nevill Francis Leigh
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Marquess of Ely 1800–1806	Succeeded by John Loftus
	Earl of Ely 1794–1806
	Viscount Loftus 1789–1806
	Baron Loftus (of Loftus Hall, Co. Wexford) 1785–1806
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Loftus (of Long Loftus, Yorkshire) 1801–1806	Succeeded by John Loftus
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by John Tottenham	Baronet (of Loftus Hall, Wexford) 1786–1806	Succeeded by John Loftus