Background
Loftus was born in Rathfarnham, County Dublin in 1561. He was the eldest son of Adam Loftus, the Archbishop of Dublin.
Loftus was born in Rathfarnham, County Dublin in 1561. He was the eldest son of Adam Loftus, the Archbishop of Dublin.
lieutenant was a dynastic union between two powerful Anglo-Irish families, which produced five children. He died in Dublin in January 1616. A grandson, Arthur Loftus, was also elected out of Wexford that years.