Loftus may refer to:
People
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Loftus (surname) Loftus is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Adam Loftus (Archbishop) (1533–1605), Irish Archbishop, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, first provost of Trinity College, Dublin
*Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (1568–1643), ...
, a list of people with the surname
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Loftus (given name) Loftus is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Loftus Armstrong (1878–1959), New Zealand rugby union player
* Loftus Becker, American law professor
* Loftus Henry Bland (1805–1872), Irish barrister and Member of Pa ...
, a list of people with the given name
Places
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Loftus, New South Wales
Loftus is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Loftus is 29 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Sutherland Shire.
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, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
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Loftus, North Yorkshire
Loftus is a market town and civil parish in the Redcar and Cleveland borough of North Yorkshire, England. The town is located north of the North York Moors and sits between Whitby and Skelton-in-Cleveland. The parish includes the villages of C ...
, a town in Redcar and Cleveland, England
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Loftus Glacier
The Newall Glacier () is a glacier in the east part of the Asgard Range of Victoria Land,
It flows east between Mount Newall and Mount Weyant into the Wilson Piedmont Glacier.
The Newall Glacier was mapped by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party o ...
, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Titles
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Viscount Loftus
Viscount Loftus is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of Ireland for members of the Anglo-Irish Loftus family.
The first creation was for Adam Loftus on 10 May 1622, who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1619. This t ...
, a title created three times in the Peerage of Ireland
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Baron Loftus
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than ...
, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Loftus baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Loftus, both in the Baronetage of Ireland. One creation was extant as of 2008.
The Loftus Baronetcy, of Mount Loftus in the County of Kilkenny, was created in the Baronetage of ...
, two baronetcies in Ireland
Transportation
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Loftus Street
Loftus Street is a major north–south road in the Perth suburbs of and , connecting London Street with Thomas Street. These roads, together with Winthrop Avenue further south, form State Route 61, which links with and .
History
Loftus S ...
, a major north-south road the Perth suburbs of Subiaco and West Perth, Western Australia
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Loftus railway station, Sydney
Loftus railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Loftus. It is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and limited NSW TrainLink South Coast Line services.
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Loftus s ...
, Australia
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Loftus railway station, Yorkshire
Loftus, previously ''Lofthouse'', was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (WR&MU). It was opened on 1 April 1875 as the terminus of a line from Saltburn, and served the town of Loftus. When the line to Whit ...
, a disused railway station in Redcar and Cleveland, England
Arts and entertainment
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Loftus (band)
Loftus was an American indie rock band from Chicago, signed to Perishable Records. Consisting of former members of Red Red Meat and Rex, it released only one album in 1998.
History
Loftus was formed out of a proposal by an A&M Records representa ...
, an American indie rock band
* Professor Geoffrey Loftus, a character in the British comedy series ''
Doctor in the House Doctor in the House may refer to:
* Doctor in the House (novel), ''Doctor in the House'' (novel), a 1952 novel by Richard Gordon
** Doctor in the House (film), ''Doctor in the House'' (film), a 1954 British film adaptation of the novel
*** Doctor i ...
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Loftus Hall
Loftus Hall is a large country house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. Built on the site of the original Redmond Hall, it is said to have been haunted by the devil and the ghost of a woman.
Loftus Hall has a long history of ow ...
, a building in County Wexford, Ireland, that is said to have been haunted by the devil
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Loftus Road
Loftus Road, currently known as MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, West London, Greater London, England, which is home to Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers Football Club, w ...
, a football stadium in London, the home ground of Queens Park Rangers
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Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby stadium situated in the suburb of Arcadia, city of Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, owned by the Blue Bulls Rugby Union. The stadium can accommodate 51,762 spectators.
The stadium is the ...
, Pretoria, South Africa
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Lofthouse (disambiguation)
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