1533 - 1604 (70 years)
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| Name |
Adam Loftus |
| Title |
Archbishop of Armagh and Dublin |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
22 Jun 1533 |
Yorkshire, England  |
| Christening |
1534 |
County Dublin, Ireland |
| Gender |
Male |
| FSID |
LHTS-MYM |
| Death |
1604 |
Ireland |
| Person ID |
I2607 |
footsteps |
| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Family |
Jane Purdon, b. 16 Jun 1536, County Dublin, Ireland d. 15 Jul 1595, County Dublin, Ireland (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Jun 1554 |
County Cavan, Ireland |
| Age at Marriage |
Adam was 21 years - Jane was 18 years. |
| Children |
| + | 1. Dorothy Loftus, b. 1577, County Dublin, Ireland d. 8 Jul 1633, County Offaly, Ireland (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F2417 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2025 |
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| Notes |
- Much has been written about the talented but zealous Archbishop (Abp ) Adam Loftus whose life was suffused with intrigue and controversy . Adam was born in 1533 the second son of a monastic bailiff in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales who died when Adam was only 8, leaving his estates to his elder brother Robert. As an undergraduate at Cambridge University, he reportedly attracted the notice of the young Queen Elizabeth, as much it seems by alluring physique as through the power of his intellect, having shone before her with his powers of oratory. There is good reason to believe that this particular encounter may never have taken place but they certainly met more than once and the Queen was to become his patron, a relationship that was to last her entire reign, coming to Adams rescue at a number of times in his life when other less tolerant patrons might have with held sanction. Adam Loftus was appointed as one of the Queens Chaplains before she sent him to Ireland around 1559.
Much has been written about the talented but zealous Archbishop (Abp ) Adam Loftus whose life was suffused with intrigue and controversy . Adam was born in 1533 the second son of a monastic bailiff in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales who died whe n Adam was only 8, leaving his estates to his elder brother Robert. As an undergraduate at Cambridge University, he reportedly attracted the notice of the young Queen Elizabeth, as much it seems by alluring physique as through the power of his in tellect, having shone before her with his powers of oratory. There is good reason to believe that this particular encounter may never have taken place but they certainly met more than once and the Queen was to become his patron, a relationship tha t was to last her entire reign, coming to Adams rescue at a number of times in his life when other less tolerant patrons might have with held sanction. Adam Loftus was appointed as one of the Queens Chaplains before she sent him to Ireland aroun d 1559.
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