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Thomas Foley
b.Abt 1641
d.1 Feb 1701
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Thomas Foley (c. 1641 – 1 February 1701) was the eldest son of the ironmaster Thomas Foley. He succeeded his father to the Great Witley estate, including Witley Court, in 1677.
He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, being admitted in 1657 aged 16, graduating B.A. 1660, and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1657.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire for 1673–74. He served as a member of Parliament for Worcestershire from 1679 to 1685; again from 1689 to 1698 and then in 1699 and 1701 for Droitwich. He was an active member.
Like several members of his family, he was concerned in the iron industry, but only at Tintern.
He married Elizabeth Ashe, daughter of Edward Ashe of Heytesbury, Wiltshire; they had four sons and four daughters:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Foley (c. 1641–1701), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast)
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JWCR-14C : accessed 16 Dec 2013), Thomas Foley, 25 Jan 1640.
- FOLEY, Thomas I (c.1641-1701), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs., in The History of Parliament.
- Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles). The visitation of the county of Worcester, begun by Thomas May, Chester and Gregory King in Trinity Vacacon, 1682, and finished...1683... (Exeter: W. Pollard, 1883)
p. 47.
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