Adam Loftus, 1st and last Viscount Lisburne

Adam Loftus, 1st and last Viscount Lisburne .He died on 15 September 1691 at Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland, killed in action, without surviving male issue. He was buried on 28 September 1691 at St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. His will was probated in October 1691.

Events

• He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lismore between 1661 and 1666.
• He held the office of Ranger of Phoenix Park, Dublin in October 1674, and of all the King's Park, Forests, Chaces and Woods in Ireland.4
• He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] on 21 March 1684/85.2
• He was created 1st Viscount Lisburne [Ireland] on 29 January 1685/86.2 He was created 1st Baron of Rathfarnham, co. Dublin [Ireland] on 29 January 1685/86.2 He was a Member of the Committee of Irish Lords and Commons of the Privy Council for the affairs of Ireland in 1689.4
• He gained the rank of Colonel on 8 March 1688/89 in the service of the Regiment of Foot.4
• He fought in the Siege of Limerick on 15 September 1691.2 On his death, his titles became extinct.3

Family

• parents: son and heir of Sir Arthur Loftus and Lady Dorothy Boyle.

married

1. Lucy Brydges, daughter of George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley and Jane Savage
2. Dorothy, daughter of Patrick Allen by whom he had no issue (The Complete Peerage vol. 7 p.34 fn. 3.)

Children of Adam Loftus, 1st and last Viscount Lisburne and Lucy Brydges

1. James Loftus3. Died young.
2. Lucy Loftus2 b. 1670, d. 1717. Married Thomas Wharton, Marquess of Wharton.

Sources

1. [S452] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 3 p. 395, 420 fn. (b).
2. [S335] #506 Visitation of England and Wales, Notes (1896-1921), Howard, Joseph Jackson, (14 volumes. [London]: Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1896-1921), FHL book 942 D23hn., vol. 8 p. 115.

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