Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely (11 September 1738 – 12 November 1769)[1] was an Anglo-Irish peer, briefly styled Viscount Loftus in October 1766.
He represented the constituency of Fethard, County Wexford in the Parliament of Ireland from 1759 to 1766.
[2] He was the subject of a notorious legal case regarding his mental capabilities.
Family members testified that he was of normal intelligence, and that any eccentric behaviour should be blamed on his father's ill-treatment of him.
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