Background
He was the son of Sir Dudley Loftus and the grandson of Adam Loftus, the Archbishop of Dublin and an influential political figure in Tudor Ireland. His mother Anne Bagenal was from a leading Ulster family headed by Sir Nicholas Bagenal.
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She later remarried to Lord Sarsfield who became Nicholas" stepfather. Nicholas" elder brother Sir Adam Loftus was made Vice-Treasurer of Ireland during the administration of Thomas Wentworth while Nicholas was appointed as an Irish Treasury official under him. In the 1640 Parliament he sat for Wexford County seat.
Membership
He was elected as a member of the Parliament of Ireland in 1613 and 1634, representing the seat of Fethard in County Wexford.
