 and in 1794, raised the 24th Light Dragoons, appointed Brevet Colonel of that regiment(portrait left).In 1796, Loftus was made a Major General on the English staff and was sworn in as a Member of the Irish Parliament for Lord Ely and returned to Westminster as member for Great Yarmouth for Lord Townshend in the same year.Loftus was removed to the Irish staff in 1797 at the request of Lord Camden  and appointed to be Commander in Chief in Munster based in Cork.