Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton
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Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton (11 January 1751 – 12 August 1817) was an Irish
suo jure
peeress
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Crofton was the wife of Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet
, Member of the Irish Parliament for Roscommon
. Sir Edward had been offered a peerage shortly before his death on 30 September 1797. The honour was instead bestowed on his widow Anne, Lady Crofton, who on 1 December 1797 was raised to the Peerage of Ireland
as Baroness Crofton.
Lady Crofton died in August 1817, aged 66, and was succeeded in the barony by her grandson Edward
.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
suo jure
Suo jure
Suo jure is a Latin phrase meaning "in her [or his] own right".It is commonly encountered in the context of titles of nobility, especially in cases where a wife may hold a title in her own right rather than through her marriage....
peeress
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
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Crofton was the wife of Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician.Crofton was the son of Sir Marcus Crofton, 1st Baronet and his wife, Catherine and succeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1784....
, Member of the Irish Parliament for Roscommon
Roscommon County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Roscommon County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.-1692–1801:-References:...
. Sir Edward had been offered a peerage shortly before his death on 30 September 1797. The honour was instead bestowed on his widow Anne, Lady Crofton, who on 1 December 1797 was raised to the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
as Baroness Crofton.
Lady Crofton died in August 1817, aged 66, and was succeeded in the barony by her grandson Edward
Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton
Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton , known as Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet, from 1816 to 1817, was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician....
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