Tottenham was the son of
Charles Tottenham and his first wife Ellinor Cliffe, daughter of
John Cliffe of Mulrankin,
County Wexford and Barbara Carr of
Cork. He sat in the
Irish House of Commons as the
Member of Parliament for
New Ross from 1759 and 1760, before representing
Fethard between 1767 and 1776. On 18 December 1780 he was created a
baronet, of Tottenham Green in the
Baronetage of Ireland. He married Hon. Elizabeth Loftus, daughter of
Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and Hon. Anne Ponsonby, on 31 December 1736. Tottenham was succeeded in his title by his only son,
Charles Tottenham, who assumed the additional surname of Loftus in 1783 and was created
Marquess of Ely in 1800. He also had three daughters including Mary, who married Richard Annesley and had issue. ==References==