Background
He was the son of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and Mary Moore.
He was the son of Nicholas Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus and Mary Moore.
In 1763 he succeeded to his father"s titles and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. On 23 October 1766 he was created Earl of Ely in County Wicklow in the Peerage of Ireland.
He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Bannow from 1736 to 1760 and for Fethard, County Wexford between 1761 and 1763. In 1764 he was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.