Viscount Loftus of Ely is in Viscount Ireland.
On 19th July 1756 Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus [aged 69] was created 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely.
On 31st December 1763 Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus [aged 76] died. His son Nicholas [aged 55] succeeded 2nd Viscount Loftus of Ely, 2nd Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford.
On 31st October 1766 Nicholas Hume-Loftus 1st Earl of Ely [aged 58] died. His son Nicholas [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Earl of Ely in Wicklow, 3rd Viscount Loftus of Ely, 3rd Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford.
On 12th November 1769 Nicholas Hume-Loftus 2nd Earl of Ely [aged 31] died. Earl of Ely in Wicklow extinct. His uncle Henry [aged 59] succeeded 4th Viscount Loftus of Ely, 4th Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford. Frances Monroe Countess of Ely by marriage Viscountess Loftus of Ely.
On 8th May 1783 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely [aged 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 [aged 45], the son of his sister Elizabeth Loftus, who adopted the surname Loftus.
The London Gazette 13156. 7th December 1789. Dublin-Castle; December 7, 1789.
His Majesty's Royal Letters are received for advancing the following Noblemen respectively to the Dignity of a Viscount of this Kingdom, and Letters Patent are preparing to be pasted under the Great Seal accordingly, viz.
Armor Lowry, Lord Belmore [aged 49], to be Viscount Belmore, of the County of Fermanagh.
Francis Pierpoint, Lord Conyngham [aged 22], [Note. This appears to be a mistake for Henry?] to be Viscount Conyngham, of Slane in the County of Meath.
And Charles, Lord Loftus [aged 51], to be Viscount Loftus, of Ely.
On 22nd March 1806 Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely [aged 68] died. His son John [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Marquess Ely in County Wexford, 2nd Viscount Loftus of Ely. Anna Maria Dashwood Marchioness Ely [aged 16] by marriage Marchioness Ely in County Wexford.
On 10th May 1622 Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus [aged 54] was created 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely.
In 1643 Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus [aged 75] died. His son Edward [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Viscount Loftus of Ely.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 11th April 1680 Edward Loftus 2nd Viscount Loftus of Ely [aged 82] died. His son Arthur [aged 35] succeeded 3rd Viscount Loftus of Ely.
On 6th November 1725 Arthur Loftus 3rd Viscount Loftus of Ely [aged 81] died. Viscount Loftus of Ely extinct.