Biography of Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely 1709-1783
Paternal Family Tree: Loftus
On 18 Nov 1709 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely was born to Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus (age 22) and Anne Ponsonby.
In 1745 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely (age 35) and Frances Monroe Countess of Ely were married.
On 05 Oct 1751 [his father] Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus (age 64) was created 1st Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford.
On 19 Jul 1756 [his father] Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus (age 69) was created 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely.
On 31 Dec 1763 [his father] Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus (age 76) died. His son [his brother] Nicholas Hume-Loftus 1st Earl of Ely (age 55) succeeded 2nd Viscount Loftus of Ely, 2nd Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford.
On 12 Nov 1769 Nicholas Hume-Loftus 2nd Earl of Ely (age 31) died. Earl of Ely in Wicklow extinct. His uncle Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely (age 59) succeeded 4th Viscount Loftus of Ely, 4th Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford. [his wife] Frances Monroe Countess of Ely by marriage Viscountess Loftus of Ely.
In 1771 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely (age 61) was created 1st Earl of Ely in Wicklow. [his wife] Frances Monroe Countess of Ely by marriage Countess of Ely in Wicklow.
1772 Angelica Kauffmann (age 30). "The Ely Family Group". Portrait of Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely (age 62) and [his wife] Frances Monroe Countess of Ely, and their nieces Frances Monroe, seated at the harpsichord playing an aria from 'La Buona Figliuola' by Niccolo Piccini, a popular hit in Dublin at the time and Dorothea "Dolly" Monroe.
Frances Monroe: she was born to Henry Monroe of Roe's Hall in Down.
Dorothea "Dolly" Monroe: she was born to Henry Monroe of Roe's Hall in Down.
In 1774 [his wife] Frances Monroe Countess of Ely died.
On 08 May 1783 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely (age 73) died without issue. Earl of Ely in Wicklow, Viscount Loftus of Ely and Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford extinct. His estates passed to his nephew Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely (age 45), the son of his sister [his sister] Elizabeth Loftus, who adopted the surname Loftus.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Loftus of Swineside
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Loftus Archbishop
Great x 2 Grandfather: Dudley Loftus
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Loftus of Fethard
GrandFather: Henry Loftus
Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Ponsonby
GrandFather: William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lygon
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Lygon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Folliot 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Strode of Stoke under Hampden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Strode Countess Roscommon
Mother: Anne Ponsonby 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Moore of Mellifont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Garret Moore 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Moore 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Colley of Carbury Castle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Colley Viscountess Moore and Wilmot
Great x 1 Grandfather: Randle Moore
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Loftus
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Loftus Viscountess Moore
GrandMother: Mary Moore