B35975-Loftus

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Name of the family:

Loftus

Blason:

Sa. a chev. eojjr. erm. betw. three trefoils slipped ar.

Crest(s):

A boar's head erased and erect ar. langued gu.

Supporters:

Two eagleB, wings inverted ar. each charged on the breast with a trefoil slipped vert.

Motto:

Prend moi tel que je suis. N.B. Nicholas, first Baron Loftus, of Loftus Hall, and Viscount Ely, the father of the first Earl of Ely, bore the same arms as Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin, and for Supporters, two eagles ppr. charged with a trefoil also ppr.

Info about the family:

Earl of Ely, extinct 1783; descended from Nicholas Loftus, Esq., of Fcthard, co. Wexford, second son of Sir Dudley Loftus, Knt., of Rathfarnham; Henry, last Earl of Ely, left three sisters, his co-heiresses: 1st, Hart, m. William Alcock, Esq., of Wilton, co. Wexford ; 2nd, Anne, at. Charles Tottenham, Esq., of New Ross, second son of Charles Tottenham, Esq., of Tottenham Green, co. Wexford; 3rd, Elizabeth, m. Sir John Tottenham, Bart., eldest son of Charles Tottenham, Esq., of Tottenham Green ; from their son, Sir Charles Tottenham, who was testamentary heir of his uncle, the last Earl of Ely, descends the Marquess of Ely

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618

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