Person:Thomas Foley (12)
Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley
b.8 Nov 1673
d.22 Jan 1733
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1673
  1. Ann Foley1669 -
  2. Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley1673 - 1733
  3. Elizabeth Foley - 1691
  4. Sarah Foley1675 -
  5. Edward Foley1676 - 1747
  6. Mary Foley1677 -
  7. Martha Foley1679 -
  8. Richard Foley1681 - 1732
  9. John Foley - 1710
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley1673 - 1733
  • W.  Mary Strode (add)
  1. Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley1703 - 1766
  2. Mary Foley1704 -
  3. Strode Talbot Foley1705 - 1731
  4. Edward Foley1706 -
  5. Richard Foley1708 -
  6. Elizabeth Foley1709 -
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 8 Nov 1673
Christening[2] 12 Nov 1673 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Marriage to Mary Strode (add)
Death[1][3] 22 Jan 1733
Reference Number? Q7789691?


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Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley FRS (8 November 1673 – 22 January 1733), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcestershire, was an English landowner, ironmaster and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1694 until 1712, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Foley as one of Harley's Dozen.


Foley was the eldest son of Thomas Foley and inherited the Great Witley estate on his father's death. His younger brothers were Edward Foley and Richard Foley. He was educated at Sheriffhales academy under John Woodhouse in 1689 and than for some years at Utrecht. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 30 May 1695.

Foley was returned as Member of Parliament for Stafford at a by election on 21 November 1694 followed up by an unopposed return at the 1695 English general election. He was a Commissioner for taking subscriptions to the land bank in 1696. He held the seat at Stafford until 1712 when he was raised to the peerage, as one of 12 peers created on the recommendation of the Lord Treasurer, the Earl of Oxford, to give him a majority in the House of Lords.[1]

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1673–1733), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast)
    (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NG7W-8P1 : accessed 16 Dec 2013), Thomas Foley, 12 Nov 1673.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 FOLEY, Thomas III (1673-1733), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs., in The History of Parliament.
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