[1] When still only thirty, on 5 December 1623[2] he was made Solicitor General for Ireland and held that office for seventeen years.
When his father became Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1639, Edward was appointed Chief Baron in his place, and frequently went as a judge on the Northwestern Circuit.
The troubles of the English Civil War led to the attainder and execution of their patron Strafford, his father's impeachment and his own removal from office.
[4] His principal residence was Brazil (or Brazeel) House, near Swords, County Dublin, which was largely destroyed by fire in 1810, although some ruins survived until 1978.
Dudley Loftus, the noted Orientalist, married one of Edward's granddaughters, Frances Nagle, daughter of Mary Bolton.