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Marquess of Ely

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Marquessate of Ely
Arms of the Marquess of Ely
Arms:Gules, three Bars dancetty Argent.Crest:A Lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure.Supporters:On either side an Eagle with wings inverted Argent, beaked and legged Or, charged on the breast with a Trefoil slipped Vert.
Creation date29 December 1800
Created byGeorge III
PeeragePeerage of Ireland
First holderCharles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely
Present holderJohn Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely
Heir presumptiveLord Timothy Tottenham
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Ely
Viscount Loftus
Baron Loftus(I)
Baron Loftus(UK)
Baronet ‘of Tottenham Green’
StatusExtant
Seat(s)Loftus Hall
MottoAD ASTRA SEQUOR
(I follow to the stars)
Arms of Loftus, 1st - 7th Marquess:Sable, a Chevron engrailed Ermine, between three Trefoils slipped Argent.
Lord Augustus Loftus,fourth son of the second Marquess of Ely and perhaps the most prominent member of the Loftus family.

Marquess of Ely,of theCounty of Wexford,is a title in thePeerage of Ireland.It was created in 1800 forCharles Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely.He was born Charles Tottenham, the son ofSir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet,who had been created abaronet,of Tottenham Green in the County of Wexford, in theBaronetage of Irelandin 1780,[1]by Elizabeth, daughter ofNicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus,sister and heiress ofHenry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely(seeViscount LoftusandEarl of Elyfor earlier history of the Loftus family). In 1783 he succeeded to the Loftus estates on the death of his maternal uncle the Earl of Ely and assumed the same year by Royal licence the surname of Loftus in lieu of his patronymic. In 1785 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland asBaron Loftus,ofLoftus Hallin theCounty of Wexford.[2]It was sold by the family in 1917 and is today owned by the Quigley family.

He was further honoured when he was madeViscount Loftus,of Ely, in 1789,[3]Earl of Ely,in theKingdom of Ireland,in 1794,[4]andMarquess of Ely,of the County of Wexford, in 1800,[5]all in the Peerage of Ireland, becoming one of the few persons to rise to the rank of Marquess without having inherited any peerages. In 1801 he was createdBaron Loftus,of Long Loftus in theCounty of York,in thePeerage of the United Kingdom,[6]by which title the Marquesses of Ely sat in theHouse of Lordsuntil the passage of theHouse of Lords Act 1999.Lord Ely also succeeded his father as second Baronet in 1786.

Lord Ely was succeeded by his eldest son, John, the second Marquess. He had previously represented County Wexford in both the Irish and British Parliaments. On his death, the titles passed to his eldest son, John, the third Marquess. He briefly representedWoodstockin Parliament in 1845. This line of the family failed on the early death of his son, John, the fourth Marquess, in 1889. The late Marquess was succeeded by his first cousin John Loftus, the fifth Marquess. He was the eldest son of Reverend Lord Adam Loftus, third son of the second Marquess. The fifth Marquess died childless in 1925 and was succeeded by his youngest brother, George, the sixth Marquess. The latter's only surviving son, George, the seventh Marquess, wasHigh SheriffofCounty Fermanagh.On his death in 1969 without surviving children the line of the second Marquess failed. The late Marquess was succeeded by his third cousin once removed, Charles Tottenham, who became the eighth Marquess. He was the great-grandson ofLieutenant-ColonelCharles John Tottenham,DL,JP,eldest son of the Right ReverendLord Robert Tottenham(who had not assumed the surname Loftus), second son of the first Marquess. The eighth Marquess lived inCanada.As of 2014, the titles are held by his eldest son, the ninth Marquess, who succeeded in 2006. As of 28 February 2014, the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 2006.[7]

Several other members of the family may also be mentioned.Charles Tottenham,father of the first Baronet, representedNew Rossin theIrish House of Commons.Charles Tottenham,brother of the first Baronet, also represented New Ross in the Irish Parliament. The aforementioned the Right ReverendLord Robert Tottenham,second son of the first Marquess, wasBishop of Clogher.Jane Loftus(1820–1890) was the wife of the second Marquess, andLady of the Bedchamberand great friend ofQueen Victoria.Henry Loftus Tottenham (1860–1950), son of JohnFrancis Tottenham,son of Lord Robert Tottenham, was anadmiralin theRoyal Navy.Sir Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham (1873–1946), son of John Francis Tottenham, was the administrator ofPudukkottaiinBritish India.The Very Reverend George Tottenham (1825–1911), son of Lord Robert Tottenham, wasDean of Clogher.Lord Augustus Loftus,fourth son of the second Marquess, was a prominent diplomat. The Right ReverendAnn Tottenham,daughter of the eighth Marquess, was a bishop in theAnglican Church of Canada.

The title refers to Ely inCounty Wicklow,not to theCity of ElyinCambridgeshire,and the second syllable is pronounced to rhyme with "lee" rather than "lie" (the title is not pronounced in the same way as the first nameEli).

The similar titleMarquess of the Isle of Elywas created with theDukedom of Edinburghin 1726.

The family seat wasLoftus Hall,nearHook,County Wexford.

Tottenham, later Loftus, later Tottenham baronets, of Tottenham Green (1780)[edit]

Marquesses of Ely (1800)[edit]

Present peer[edit]

Charles John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely (born 12 February 1943) is the son of the 8th Marquess and his wife Katherine Elizabeth Craig. He uses his middle name of John and was educated atTrinity College School,Port Hope, Ontario, Canada,Collège de Genève,International School,Geneva,and theUniversity of Toronto,where he graduated BA and MA. He was styled as Viscount Loftus between 1969 and 2006, when he succeeded to the peerages and baronetcy.[8]In 2003 he lived inCalgary, Alberta,where he was head of the French department atStrathcona-Tweedsmuir School.[9]

In 1969, Ely married Judith Marvelle Porter, daughter of Dr John Jacob Porter, and they have two adopted children:[9]

  • Andrew John Tottenham (born 1973)
  • Jennifer Katherine Tottenham (born 1975)

Theheir presumptiveis the present peer’s brother Lord Timothy Craig Tottenham (born 1948), whoseheir apparentis his elder son Scott Craig Tottenham (born 1977),[9]whose son Charles Craig Luis Tottenham (born 2007) is next in line.[8]

Line of succession (simplified)
  • Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely (1738–1806)
    • Rt. Rev.Lord Robert Tottenham(1773–1850)
      • Charles John Tottenham (1808–1870)
        • Charles Robert Worsley Tottenham (1845–1923)
          • George Leonard Tottenham (1879–1928)
            • Charles Tottenham, 8th Marquess of Ely(1913–2006)
              • John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely(b. 1943)
              • (1).Lord Timothy Craig Tottenham (b. 1948)
                • (2).Scott Craig Tottenham (b. 1977)
                  • (3).Charles Craig Luis Tottenham (b. 2007)
                • (4).John Douglas Tottenham (b. 1981)
                  • (5).Nathanial Charles Tottenham (b. 2012)
              • (6).Lord Richard Ivor Tottenham (b. 1954)
      • Very Rev.George Tottenham(1825–1911)
        • Edward Loftus Tottenham (1867–1949)
          • George William Loftus Tottenham (1911–1998)
            • Robert Ashley Christopher Tottenham (1953–1990)
              • male issue and descendants in remainder

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"No. 12140".The London Gazette.2 December 1780. p. 3.
  2. ^"No. 12661".The London Gazette.5 July 1785. p. 322.
  3. ^"No. 13156".The London Gazette.12 December 1789. p. 773.
  4. ^"No. 13630".The London Gazette.11 March 1794. p. 215.
  5. ^"No. 15326".The London Gazette.10 January 1801. p. 40.
  6. ^"No. 15327".The London Gazette.13 January 1801. p. 55.
  7. ^"Official Roll of the Baronetage » the Standing Council of the Baronetage -".Archived fromthe originalon 6 March 2015.Retrieved3 February2016.
  8. ^abcMorris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Ely, Marquess of".Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage.Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 2531–2533.ISBN978-1-999767-0-5-1.
  9. ^abcBurke's Peerage,volume 1 (2003), p. 1323

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