Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Armagh and Dublin

1533 - 1604  (70 years)

• 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
  Burial	6 Apr 1605	County Dublin, Ireland
  Person ID	I507	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Loftus,   b. 1505, Yorkshire, England d. 1541, Yorkshire, England (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alice Sutton-Dudley,   b. 1494, Yorkshire, England d. 10 May 1601, County Dublin, Ireland (Age 107 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1530	Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F12436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  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
  Children	+ 1. Dorothy Loftus,   b. 1577, County Dublin, Ireland d. 8 Jul 1633, County Offaly, Ireland (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F12669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Much has been written about the talented but zealous Archbishop (Abp ) A d a m L o f tus whose life was suffused with intrigue and controversy . Adam w a s b o r n i n 1533 the second son of a monastic bailiff in the heart of th e Y o r k s hire Dales who died when Adam was only 8, leaving his estates to h i s e l d e r brother Robert. As an undergraduate at Cambridge University, h e r e p o r tedly attracted the notice of the young Queen Elizabeth, as much i t s e e m s b y alluring physique as through the power of his intellect, hav in g s h o n e before her with his powers of oratory. There is good reason t o b e l i e ve that this particular encounter may never have taken place but t h e y c e r tainly met more than once and the Queen was to become his patron , a r e l a t ionship that was to last her entire reign, coming to Adams res cue a t a n u m b er of times in his life when other less tolerant patrons m ight h av e w i t hheld sanction. Adam Loftus was appointed as one of the Q ueens C h a p l ains before she sent him to Ireland around 1559.