FOLEY, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767. [Perhaps Hon. Andrew Foley, son of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (qv), b. c. 1749; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1768, aged 19; MA 7 Dec 1771; MP Droitwich from 1774; m. 7 May 1773 his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Boulter Tomlinson; d. 28 Jul 1818]. [Whitmore thought so also]
FOLEY, HON. EDWARD, second son of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (qv); b. 16 Mar 1747; in school list 1764; left Sep 1764; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1764; MA 1768; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 May 1768; MP Droitwich 1768- May 1774, Worcestershire from 30 May 1774; he divorced his first wife for her adultery with Charles Henry Mordaunt, 5th Earl of Peterborough and 3rd Earl of Monmouth (qv); m. 1st, 19 Oct 1778 (divorced 1785) Lady Anne Margaret Coventry, sister of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Mar 1790 Eliza Maria Foley, dau. of John Hodgetts, Prestwood, Staffs.; d. 22 Jun 1803.
FOLEY, THOMAS, 1ST BARON FOLEY, son of Thomas Foley MP, Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, and his first wife Hester, dau. of Thomas Andrews, St. Mary at Hill, London; b. 8 Aug 1716; adm. Jun 1724; in under school list 1731; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 27 Sep 1732; BA 1735/6; MA 1739; MP Droitwich 1741 - 16 Dec 1747, 1754-68, Herefordshire 1768 - 20 May 1776; succeeded to estates of father 1749 and to estates of his cousin Thomas, 2nd Baron Foley 1766; created Baron Foley 20 May 1776; m. 28 Mar 1740 Hon. Grace Granville, third dau. of George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne; d. 14 Nov 1777.
FOLEY, THOMAS, 2ND BARON FOLEY, eldest son of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (qv); b. 24 Jun 1742; adm. Jan 1753 (Porten's); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 May 1759; MP Herefordshire 18 May 1767-74, Droitwich 1774 - 18 Nov 1777; succ. father as 2nd Baron Foley 18 Nov 1777; joint Postmaster-General 1 May 1783 - Jan 1784; m. 20 Mar 1776 Lady Harriet Stanhope, fourth dau. of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington; d. 2 Jul 1793.
FOLEY, THOMAS, eldest son of Hon. Andrew Foley MP, Haseley Court, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Boulter Tomlinson, Cheltenham, Gloucs.; grandson of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (qv); b. 19 Jul 1778; in school list 1795; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Jan 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1800; MP Droitwich 30 Jan 1805-7, Herefordshire 1807-18, Droitwich from 16 Feb 1819; d. unm. 11 Jan 1822.
FORD, SIR RICHARD, brother of Thomas Ford (qv); b.; adm. 3 Jun 1765; left Christmas 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1777, called to bar 18 Nov 1782; formed a connection with Dorothy Bland (the actress Mrs Jordan), which lasted until she became the mistress of the future King William IV; MP East Grinstead 27 Feb 1789-90, Appleby 1790 - May 1791; Police Magistrate at Shadwell 1792-6, Bow Street from 1797, Chief Magistrate from 1800; knighted 16 Dec 1801; originator of the Bow Street Horse Patrol 1805; member, board of management, Drury Lane Theatre 1802; m. Marianne, dau. of Benjamin Booth, The Adelphi, Westminster; d. 3 May 1806, aged 47.
Forester, Cecil, ca. 1721-1774
FORESTER, CECIL, second son of William Forester MP, Dothill, Shropshire, and Catherine. only child of William Brooke, Clerkenwell, London; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1733; left 1737; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 16 Jul 1739; Capt., 47th Foot 17 Mar 1743/4; Maj., 46th Foot 24 Feb 1748; Lieut. -Col., 24 Jan 1752; 11th Foot, 30 Dec 1755; retd. 5 May 1760; MP Wenlock 1761-8; of Ross Hall, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire; m. 14 Apr 1761 (IGI) Anne, dau. of Robert Townshend, Christleton, Cheshire, Recorder of Chester; d. 22 Aug 1774.
FORSTER, SIR HUMPHREY, BART., eldest son of William Forster, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Tyrrell, Heron, Essex; nephew of Charles Forster (qv); bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 30 Dec 1650 (IGI); adm.; left Sep 1663 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; MP Berkshire 5 Mar 1677-9, 1685-7, 1690 - Nov 1701; High Sheriff, Berkshire 1704; m. 26 Nov 1672 Judith, dau. of Sir Humphrey Winch, Bart.; buried Aldermarston, Berks., 19 Dec 1711.
Fox-Strangways, John George Charles, 1803-1859
FOX-STRANGWAYS, HON. JOHN GEORGE CHARLES, brother of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); b. 6 Feb 1803; adm. 22 May 1815 (Best's); KS 1817; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821 (sic), but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1821 (sic); BA 1824; a Clerk, Foreign Office; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Adelaide 23 Jul 1830-7; MP (Whig) Calne Sep 1836-7, Dorset 1837-41; m. 19 Feb 1844 Amelia, third dau. of Edward Marjoribanks, Greenlands, Bucks., banker; d. 8 Sep 1859.
FREDERICK, SIR CHARLES, brother of Thomas Frederick (qv); b. 21 Dec 1709; adm. Jan 1718/9; left 1720; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Mar 1724/5; adm. Middle Temple 1 Feb 1728/9; Grand Tour (France, Italy, Near East) 1737-9; MP Shoreham 1741-54, Queenborough 1754-84; Clerk of the Deliveries, Ordnance Office 23 Apr 1746- Apr 1750, Surveyor-Gen. of the Ordnance 10 Apr 1750- Mar 1782; KB 23 Mar 1761; FSA 16 Mar 1732; FRS 24 May 1733; a well-known antiquary and collector; m. 18 Aug 1746 Hon. Lucy Boscawen, Maid of Honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, sister of Hon. William Frederick Boscawen (qv); d. 18 Dec 1785.