Earl of Ely Henry Loftus

1709 - 1783  (73 years)

• Name	Henry Loftus
  Title	Earl of Ely
  Born	11 Nov 1709  [1]
  Died	08 May 1783	In the Circus, Bath, Somerset   [2]
  Person ID	I00564	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Wife	Anne Bonfoy,   b. Bef 04 Oct 1752,   d. 14 Aug 1821, Grosvenor Street, Westminster, Middlesex  (Age > 68 years)
  Married	14 Sep 1775	St. James, Westminster, London   [3]
  --- Faculty Office Marriage Licences Transcription First name(s) ANN Last name BONFOY Licence year 1775 Licence date 12 Sep 1775 New calender date 12 Sep 1775 Bride's first name(s) Ann Bride's last name BONFOY Groom's first name(s) Henry Groom's last name LOFTUS Place Dioceses of England & Wales Record set Faculty Office Marriage Licences Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- "Ipswich Journal" 16 Sep 1775, page 2: Friday's Post. E. London, Thursday, Sept. 14. This morning was married, by a special licence, the Right Hon. the Earl of Ely, of the kingdom of Ireland, to Miss Bonfoy, with a fortune of 24,000 l. and a most captivating person and face. His Lordship is near sixty years of age, and his bride not above eighteen; but his Lordship is possessed of a title and an estate worth between 30 and 40,000 l. per ann. --- "The London Magazine" , Vol. 52, 1783, page 255: At Bath, the Right Hon. Henry Loftus, Earl of Ely, Viscount Loftus, of the kingdom of Ireland, and knight of the most illustrious order of St. Patrick. --- "The Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 53, Part 1, 1783, page 453: In the Circus, Bath, the rt. hon. Henry Loftus, earl of Ely, visc. and baron Loftus. His lordship succeeded his nephew Nicholas Horne as visc. and baron Loftus; and was created earl of Ely, Nov. 2, 1771. Lord Ely was remarkable for a rapid exaltation in life. From the rank and revenues of a private gentleman, he passed through the several intermediate gradations to a very rich earldom, great parliamentary influence, and one of the new-created order of Irish knighthood. The earl-dom is extinct. His nephew, Col. Loftus, succeeds as viscount.

  
  

• Sources

  "Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", edited by William Courthope, 1838, page 516. "The Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 53, Part 1, 1783, page 453. [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials).