Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet

Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet (11 October 1748 – 30 September 1797) was an Irish politician.

Crofton was the son of Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet and his wife, Catherine (née Crofton) and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1784.

He served as High Sheriff of Roscommon for 1773 and then sat in the Irish House of Commons as representative for Roscommon County from 1775 until his death in 1797.[1]

His sister Susanna married the prominent judge Peter Metge. The two men apparently quarreled and are reputed to have fought a duel, which excited some comment even in an era when duelling was common.

In 1797 he was offered a peerage but died shortly afterwards, aged 48, before the patent had been completed. The honour was instead bestowed, 1 December 1797, on his wife Anne, Lady Crofton (d. 1817), who was created Baroness Crofton in the Peerage of Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas Croker and Anne Ryves

Sir Edward was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son and namesake, Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet. A daughter, Louisa (d. 1805) married in 1803, as his first wife, Sir Peregrine Maitland.

Notes
  1. Complete Baronetage, p.360
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References
  • Sherwood, George, editor, The Pedigree Register, London, September, 1908, pps:154-5.
  • Kidd, Charles, and Williamson, David, (editors), Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, St Martin's Press, New York, 1990.,
  • Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
John French
Thomas Mahon		 Member of Parliament for Roscommon County
1775–1797
With: Thomas Mahon 1775–1782
Maurice Mahon 1782–1783
Arthur French 1783–1797		 Succeeded by
George King, Viscount Kingsborough
Arthur French
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Marcus Lowther-Crofton		 Baronet
(of The Mote)
1784 – 1797		 Succeeded by
Edward Crofton

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