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 County Roscommon 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.

Crofton entered Trinity College Dublin on 19 May 17300.^[2]

He represented County Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons between 1735 and his death in 1745.^[3]

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, Oliver. The later Crofton Baronets were descendants of Edward's sister Catherine, who married Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet.

His widow remarried Ezekiel Nisbett, an Irish medical doctor and President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

^ 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).

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Nicholas Mahon Sir Henry King, Bt	Member of Parliament for County Roscommon 1735–1745 With: Sir Henry King, Bt (1735–1741) Henry Sandford (1741–1745)	Succeeded by John French Henry Sandford
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Edward Crofton	Baronet (of The Mote) 1739–1745	Succeeded by Oliver Crofton