Marquess of Ely

Marquess of Ely, of the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Charles Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely. He was born Charles Tottenham, the son of Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet, who had been created a baronet, of Tottenham Green in the County of Wexford, in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1780, by Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus, sister and heiress of Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely.

Tottenham, later Loftus, later Tottenham baronets, of Tottenham Green (1780)

• Sir John Tottenham, 1st Baronet (1714–1786) • Sir Charles Loftus, 2nd Baronet (1738–1806) (created Baron Loftus in 1785, Viscount Loftus in 1789, Earl of Ely in 1794 and Marquess of Ely in 1800) ==Marquesses of Ely (1800)==

Marquesses of Ely (1800)

• Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely (1738–1806) • John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely (1770–1845) • John Henry Loftus, 3rd Marquess of Ely (1814–1857) • John Henry Wellington Graham Loftus, 4th Marquess of Ely (1849–1889) • John Henry Loftus, 5th Marquess of Ely (1851–1925) • George Herbert Loftus, 6th Marquess of Ely (1854–1935) • George Henry Wellington Loftus, 7th Marquess of Ely (1903–1969) • Charles John Tottenham, 8th Marquess of Ely (1913–2006) • (Charles) John Tottenham, 9th Marquess of Ely (born 1943) ==Present peer==

Present peer

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 at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, Collège de Genève, International School, Geneva, and the University 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. In 1969, Ely married Judith Marvelle Porter, daughter of Dr John Jacob Porter, and they have two adopted children: ==See also==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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