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It was created in 1797 (as Baroness Crofton) for <a href="/wiki/Anne_Crofton,_1st_Baroness_Crofton" title="Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton">Dame Anne Crofton</a>. She was the widow of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Crofton,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet">Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet, of the Mote</a>, who had represented <a href="/wiki/Roscommon_County_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roscommon County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Roscommon</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_House_of_Commons" title="Irish House of Commons">Irish House of Commons</a> and had been offered a peerage just before his death. The peerage was instead bestowed upon his widow. She was succeeded by her grandson, the second Baron, who had already succeeded as fourth Baronet. He sat in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> as an <a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_representative_peers" title="List of Irish representative peers">Irish representative peer</a> from 1840 to 1869 and served as a <a href="/wiki/Lord-in-waiting" title="Lord-in-waiting">Lord-in-waiting</a> (government whip in the House of Lords) in the three <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> administrations of the <a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby">Earl of Derby</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Benjamin Disraeli's</a> first government. His son, the third Baron, served as an Irish Representative Peer between 1873 and 1912 and was also State Steward to the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Ireland">Lord Lieutenant of Ireland</a>. His nephew, the fourth Baron, was an Irish Representative Peer from 1916 to 1942. As of 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron_Crofton&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the titles are held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2007. </p><p>The <b>Crofton Baronetcy</b>, of the Mote, was created in the <a href="/wiki/Baronetage_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baronetage of Ireland">Baronetage of Ireland</a> in 1758 for <a href="/wiki/Sir_Marcus_Lowther-Crofton,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet">Marcus Crofton</a>, who was a Member of the Irish House of Commons.<sup id="cite_ref-Cokayne_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cokayne-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Born Marcus Lowther, he was the husband of Catherine Crofton, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Crofton,_3rd_Baronet_(1687%E2%80%931739)" title="Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet (1687–1739)">Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet</a>, of the Mote (a title which became extinct in 1780; see <a href="/wiki/Crofton_baronets#Crofton_baronets,_of_The_Mote_(1661)" title="Crofton baronets">Crofton baronets (1661 creation)</a>). Lowther assumed the surname of Crofton. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned second Baronet, whose wife was elevated to the peerage in 1797. On his death, the baronetcy passed to his son, the third Baronet, and then to the latter's son, the fourth Baronet, who in 1817 succeeded his grandmother as second Baron Crofton.<sup id="cite_ref-Cokayne_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cokayne-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The family seat was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mote_House,_County_Roscommon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mote House, County Roscommon (page does not exist)">Mote House</a>, near <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ballymurray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ballymurray (page does not exist)">Ballymurray</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">County Roscommon</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crofton_baronets,_of_the_Mote_(1758)"><span id="Crofton_baronets.2C_of_the_Mote_.281758.29"></span>Crofton baronets, of the Mote (1758)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baron_Crofton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Crofton baronets, of the Mote (1758)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Marcus_Lowther-Crofton,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet">Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Baronet</a> (died 1784)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Crofton,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet">Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet</a> (1748–1797)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sir_Edward_Crofton,_3rd_Baronet_(1778%E2%80%931816)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet (1778–1816) (page does not exist)">Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet</a> (1778–1816)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Crofton,_2nd_Baron_Crofton" title="Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton">Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet</a> (1806–1869) (succeeded as <b>Baron Crofton</b> in 1817)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Barons_Crofton_(1797)"><span id="Barons_Crofton_.281797.29"></span>Barons Crofton (1797)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baron_Crofton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Barons Crofton (1797)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Crofton,_1st_Baroness_Crofton" title="Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton">Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton</a> (1751–1817)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Crofton,_2nd_Baron_Crofton" title="Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton">Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton</a> (1806–1869)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Crofton,_3rd_Baron_Crofton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward Crofton, 3rd Baron Crofton (page does not exist)">Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron Crofton</a> (1834–1912)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Crofton,_4th_Baron_Crofton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arthur Crofton, 4th Baron Crofton (page does not exist)">Arthur Edward Lowther Crofton, 4th Baron Crofton</a> (1866–1942)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Blaise_Crofton,_5th_Baron_Crofton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward Blaise Crofton, 5th Baron Crofton (page does not exist)">Edward Blaise Crofton, 5th Baron Crofton</a> (1926–1974)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edward_Piers_Crofton,_6th_Baron_Crofton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Edward Piers Crofton, 6th Baron Crofton (page does not exist)">Charles Edward Piers Crofton, 6th Baron Crofton</a> (1949–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Crofton,_7th_Baron_Crofton" title="Guy Crofton, 7th Baron Crofton">Guy Patrick Gilbert Crofton, 7th Baron Crofton</a> (1951–2007)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Harry_Piers_Crofton,_8th_Baron_Crofton&action=edit&redlink=1" 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