Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet
Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet (12 April 1713–26 March 1745) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Family[]
Crofton was the son of Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet and Mary Nixon. He represented Roscommon County in the Irish House of Commons between 1735 and his death in 1745.[1] He succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 11 November 1739. He married Martha Damer, daughter of Joseph Damer and Mary Churchill, on 17 June 1741.
Education[]
Crofton entered Trinity College, Dublin on 19 May 17300.[2]
Political career[]
He represented Roscommon County in the Irish House of Commons between 1735 and his death in 1745.[3]
Military career[]
He served in the British Army and was killed near Tournai during the War of the Austrian Succession. He died without children and was succeeded by his relation, . The latter Crofton Baronets were descendants of Edward's sister Catherine, who married Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet.
Widow's re-marriage[]
His widow remarried , an Irish medical doctor and President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
References[]
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.81 (Retrieved 1 April 2020).
- ^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 192: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.81 (Retrieved 1 April 2020).
- 1713 births
- 1745 deaths
- 18th-century Anglo-Irish people
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
- British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession
- Crofton family (Anglo-Irish aristocracy)
- Irish MPs 1727–1760
- Dawson-Damer family