Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely
13 Henrietta Street, Dublin, August 2011
Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely PC (I) (1708 – 31 October 1766) was a British peer and member of the House of Lords.
He was the son of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and Anne Ponsonby, daughter of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon.[1] He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Bannow from 1736 to 1760 and for Fethard, County Wexford between 1761 and 1763. [2] In 1763 he succeeded to his father's titles and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. In 1764 he was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. On 23 October 1766 he was created Earl of Ely in County Wicklow in the Peerage of Ireland.[3]
He married Mary Hume, daughter of Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet, on 18 August 1736. He was succeeded by his son, Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely.
References
- ↑ John Debrett, Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1820), 922.
- ↑ "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster HistoricalFoundation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ↑ Edward Kimber, The Peerage of Ireland. A Complete View of the Several Orders of Nobility (1763), 106-7.
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by George Ogle William Harrison |
Member of Parliament for Bannow 1737–1761 With: George Ogle 1737–1747 Hon. Henry Loftus 1747–1761 |
Succeeded by Hon. Henry Loftus Henry Mitchell |
| Preceded by Nicholas Hume-Loftus Charles Tottenham |
Member of Parliament for Fethard, County Wexford 1761–1763 With: Nicholas Hume-Loftus |
Succeeded by Nicholas Hume-Loftus William Alcock |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Earl of Ely 1766 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Hume-Loftus |
| Preceded by Nicholas Loftus |
Viscount Loftus 1763–1766 | |