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LOFTUS, WILLIAM FRANCIS BENTINCK, brother of Henry Loftus (qv); b. 17 Aug 1784; adm. 24 Sep 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left Midsummer 1796; Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons 30 Aug 1799; Lieut., 16 Jul 1800; Capt., 20 Apr 1804; Maj., 28th Foot 9 Apr 1807; Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1813; half-pay 25 Dec 1814; Brevet Col., 22 Jul 1830; Maj. -Gen., 23 Nov 1841; Col., 50th Foot, from 11 Apr 1851; Lieut. -Gen., 11 Nov 1851; served in Peninsular War; m. 9 Oct 1819 Margaret Harriet, dau. of Very Rev. James Langrishe, Dean of Achonry; d. 13 Sep 1852.

LOFTUS, HENRY, eldest son of Gen. William Loftus MP, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Mackerell King, Lissen Hall, co. Dublin; b.; adm. 24 Sep 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797; Ensign, 106th Foot 28 Feb 1795; Cornet, 24th Light Dragoons 11 Oct 1796; Lieut., 1 Jun 1798; Capt., 21 Dec 1799; Maj., 28 Aug 1802; Lieut. -Col., 17th Light Dragoons 19 Dec 1805; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 23 Jul 1812; Brevet Col., 12 Aug 1819; d. 11 Jul 1823.

LOFTUS, H.; b.; adm.; left 1806.

LOFTUS, GEORGE COLBY, eldest son of Gen. William Loftus MP, and his second wife Lady Elizabeth Townshend, dau. of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend KG, Field-Marshal in the Army, Lord Lieut. Ireland and Master-Gen. of the Ordnance; half-brother of Henry Loftus (qv); b. 15 Feb 1791; at school under Vincent (Walford, County Families, 1860, 393); Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 25 Apr 1806; Lieut. and Capt., 7 Nov 1811; res. 30 Dec 1813; served in Peninsular War 1809-12; DL JP Dorset; m. 1821 Catherine, dau. of John Feaver, Woolland House, Blandford, Dorset; d. 5 Dec 1861.

LOFTUS, FREDERICK, brother of George Colby Loftus (qv); b. 17 Nov 1799; adm. 22 Sep 1812; left Midsummer 1814; Cornet, 17th Lancers 7 Oct 1819; Lieut., 9 Jun 1825; Capt., half-pay, unattached 8 Apr 1826; m. 1833 Frances, second dau. of Richard Phayre EICS [check Presidency], Claremont, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; d. 3 Dec 1860.

Lofting, Patrick John Deane, son of Eric Edward Lofting, asst surveyor Westminster Abbey, and Olive Mary, d. of John Deane LRCP, of Ealing; b. 16 Aug. 1921; adm. May 1935 (A); left July 1938; RAFVR 1940-6 (Flt Lieut.); Maj. Bhopal State Forces and personal pilot to Nawab of Bhopal 1946-9; rejoined RAF, FO Dec. 1949, perm. commission 1951, retd Nov. 1955; later simulated flight instructor BEA; d. 1995.

Lofthouse, Hubert Thornton, son of Charles Thornton Lofthouse MusD, sometime dir. of music at the Sch., and Irene Margaret, d. of James Riley Slater of Southport, Lancs; b. 23 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; Sub-Lieut. (A) RNVR Feb. 1945; Imp. Coll. Lond., BSc 1951; City & Guilds Inst., CEng MIEE; Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd., later man. dir. BFI Electronics Ltd., retd. 1976; m. 22 Dec. 1951 Ailsa Kennedy, d. of Thomas Rowan of Plymouth, Devon; d. May 1989.

Loeffler, Carl Ludwig Henrik, son of J.C. Ludwig Loeffler, of Kensington, civil engineer; b. Sept. 4, 1876; adm. April 24, 1890 (H); left July 1895; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 29, 1895); B.A. 1898; M.A. 1902; owner of the steam yacht Albion which he fitted out as a hospital ship in Great War I; m. Nov. 23, 1904, Sigrid, daughter of Col. Victor G. Balek, of Stockholm; d. 1963.

LOE, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Loe DD, Prebendary of Gloucester and Chaplain to James I; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1621, adm. scholar 1622; BA 1625/6; MA 1629; BD 1636; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1627, Major Fellow 17 Mar 1628 – c. 1640; ordained; Vicar of Kirkby Masham, Yorks., 1639; compiled from his father’s papers The Merchants Manuell, 1628; d. 20 Jan 1678/9. DNB.