Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet

Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet (11 October 1748 – 30 September 1797) was an Irish politician.[1]

Crofton was the son of Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet and his wife, Catherine (née Crofton) and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1784.[1]

He served as High Sheriff of Roscommon for 1773 and then sat in the Irish House of Commons as representative for County Roscommon from 1775 until his death in 1797.[1]

His sister Susanna married the prominent judge Peter Metge. The two men apparently quarrelled and fought a duel, which excited some comments even in an era when duelling was common.

In 1797 he was offered a peerage but died shortly afterwards, aged 48, before the patent had been completed. The honour was instead bestowed, on 1 December 1797, on his wife Anne, Lady Crofton (d. 1817), who was created Baroness Crofton in the Peerage of Ireland.[1] She was the daughter of Thomas Croker and Anne Ryves.

Sir Edward was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son and namesake, Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet. A daughter, Louisa (d. 1805) married in 1803, as his first wife, Sir Peregrine Maitland.[1]