The Marquess of Ely is a marquess in the Peerage of Ireland. The title was created in 1801 for the Earl of Ely. A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe, China, and Japan. ... The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Ely (1794), Viscount Loftus (1789), Baron Loftus (1785), and Baron Loftus (in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1801). All these titles save the last are in the Peerage of Ireland, and all were created for the same person, making the first Marquess one of the few persons to rise to the rank of Marquess without having inherited any titles. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...

Before the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, the Marquess sat in the House of Lords as Baron Loftus. The House of Lords Act 1999, an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament, was a major constitutional enactment as it completely reformed one of the chambers of Parliament, the House of Lords. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

Marquesses of Ely (1801)

• Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely (1738-1806)
• John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely (1770-1845)
• John Henry Loftus, 3rd Marquess of Ely (1814-1857)
• John Henry Wellington Graham Loftus, 4th Marquess of Ely (1849-1889)
• John Henry Loftus, 5th Marquess of Ely (1851-1925)
• George Herbert Loftus, 6th Marquess of Ely (1854-1935)
• George Henry Wellington Loftus, 7th Marquess of Ely (1903-1969)
• Charles John Tottenham, 8th Marquess of Ely (1913-2006)
• Charles John Tottenham II, 9th Marquess of Ely (b. 2 Feb 1943)

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