John_Loftus,_3rd_Marquess_of_Ely

John Loftus, 3rd Marquess of Ely

John Loftus, 3rd Marquess of Ely

British nobleman (1814 – 1857)

John Henry Loftus, 3rd Marquess of Ely (19 January 1814 – 15 July 1857) was a British politician.

Born in Hill Street in Mayfair, Loftus studied at Christ Church, Oxford.[1] As Viscount Loftus, he stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative Party candidate in Gloucester, at the 1841 UK general election.[2] In 1844, he married Jane Hope-Vere.[1]

Loftus won the 1845 Woodstock by-election, held on 1 May that year, but succeeded as the Marquess of Ely in September. Through his subsidiary title, Baron Loftus, he took a seat in the House of Lords.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Cockayne, George Edward (1890). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. G. Bell & Sons. pp. 263–264.
  2. [2]
    Stenton, Michael (1976). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. 1. Hassocks: Harvester Press. p. 242. ISBN 0855272198.
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