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Capel Lofft

Capel Lofft (sometimes spelled Capell; 14 November 1751 – 26 May 1824) was a British lawyer, writer and

amateur astronomer
.

Life

Born in London, he was educated at

Foxite Whig faction. He also engaged in voluminous correspondence with prominent authors
.

His legal career was ended by a case in

struck off the Roll (list of qualified lawyers).[2]

Lofft wrote the preface to poet and former Quaker

Maecenas
of shoemakers and preface-writer general to distressed versemen; a kind of gratis accoucheur to those who wish to be delivered of rhyme, but do not know how to bring forth."

Lofft had an interest in

eclipses. These include the transits of Mercury on 7 May 1799 and 9 November 1802,[5][6] the solar eclipses on 16 June 1806 and 19 November 1816,[7][8] and the lunar eclipses on 4 December 1797 and 10 June 1816.[9][10]

The deaths of Lofft's father and uncle in 1811 left him with a large property and

wrongful imprisonment) while the captive Napoleon was being held aboard a ship in Plymouth.[citation needed
]

In 1816 Lofft moved to Europe for his daughters' education.[11] He died in 1824 aged 72 at Montcalieri, near Turin.[12] His 'law and miscellaneous' library was auctioned in London by R. H. Evans (along with the books of Henry Cooper Esq) on 8 June 1825. A copy of the catalogue is at Cambridge University Library (shelfmark Munby.c.129(9)).

Family

Lofft married Anne, daughter of Henry Emlyn, in 1778.[13] Their fourth son Capell Lofft the younger (1806–1873), was also a writer.

References

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  1. ^ "Lofft, Capell (LFT769C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ "Stanton history" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b Rickman, Thomas "Clio" (1804). An Ode, in Celebration of the Emancipation Of The Blacks of Saint Domingo, November 29, 1803. London: Thomas "Clio" Rickman. pp. 4, 5.
  4. ^ Smith, Charlotte Fell (1896). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 266.
  5. ^ Blake, William (1796). "The Monthly magazine. v.7 (1799). – Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library". Monthly Magazine and Critical Register of Books. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  6. ^ Blake, William (1796). "The Monthly magazine. v.14 (1802). – Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library". Monthly Magazine and Critical Register of Books. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  7. ^ Blake, William (1796). "The Monthly magazine. v.22 (1806). – Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library". Monthly Magazine and Critical Register of Books. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  8. ^ Blake, William (1796). "The Monthly magazine. v.42 (1816). – Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library". Monthly Magazine and Critical Register of Books. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. ^ "The monthly magazine, or, British register. c.1 v.4 1797. – Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library". Monthly Magazine and British Register: 4 v. 1796. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  10. ^ "The monthly magazine, or, British register. c.1 v.42 1816. – Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library". Monthly Magazine and British Register: 4 v. 1796. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  11. ^ Memoirs of Celebrated Men of the Nineteenth Century. J. Chidley. 1842. p. 165.
  12. ^ Memoirs of Celebrated Men of the Nineteenth Century. J. Chidley. 1842.
  13. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8791. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
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