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4 unusual facts about Adam Loftus


Adam Loftus

Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (c. 1568–1643), nephew of the above, Irish peer

Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Lisburne

He had married twice: firstly Lucy, the second daughter of George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos, with whom he had a daughter, Lucy and secondly Dorothy, the daughter of Patrick Allen.

Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus

In June 1639 she was seen on her knees before the King at Berwick, "very earnestly soliciting for her father's coming over".

His son Edward had married Jane Lyndley, daughter and heiress of Arthur Lyndley of Middleham, and seems to have been then in possession of Middleham Castle, Yorkshire.



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