Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely

He represented the constituency of Fethard, County Wexford in the Parliament of Ireland from 1759 to 1766.^[2]

He was the subject of a notorious legal case regarding his mental capabilities. Family members testified that he was of normal intelligence, and that any eccentric behaviour should be blamed on his father's ill-treatment of him.^[3]

He became Earl of Ely on the death of his father, Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely, in 1766, and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. When he died the earldom became extinct but his other titles were inherited by his uncle.

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Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by James Stopford Charles Tottenham	Member of Parliament for Fethard, County Wexford 1759–1766 With: Charles Tottenham 1759–1761 Hon. Nicholas Hume-Loftus 1761–1763 William Alcock 1764–1766	Succeeded by William Alcock John Tottenham
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Nicholas Hume-Loftus	Earl of Ely 1766–1769	Extinct
	Viscount Loftus 1766–1769	Succeeded by Henry Loftus

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