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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, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1746 (Preston's); left 1746. [Possibly George Foley, bapt. Wadworth, Yorks., 14 May 1730, son of Samuel Foley, and Mary --- (IGI)][will George Foley, St. Magnus the Martyr, London, proved PCC 15 Nov 1773]

FOLEY, HENRY SAMUEL; b.; adm. Midsummer 1813; left 18 May 1816. [will of Henry Samuel Foley, Park Cottage, Carmarthenshire, proved PCC 2 Nov 1853] [evidently kin to Thomas Foley, Park Cottage, Carmarthen, living there 1830]

FOLEY, HERBERT, second son of Richard Foley, a London police magistrate; b.; in school list 1803; d. 12 Oct 1804, aged 13.

FOLEY, PAUL; b.; adm. 16 Jun 1767; left 1769.

FOLEY, ROBERT, son of Thomas Foley MP, Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, and his second wife Mary, dau. of John Warters, Barbados; half-brother of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (qv); bapt. 5 Aug 1719; adm. (aged 7) 1727; left 1728; went to Bury St. Edmunds Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Apr 1737, scholar 1738, matr. 1738; BA 1740/1; MA 1744; DD 1756; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1743; adm. Inner Temple 17 Dec 1734; ordained priest (Norwich) Jun 1745; Rector of St. Peter’s, Hereford, to res. Sep 1750, again Feb 1768 – 1777 [check]; Rector of Mordiford, Herefs., 21 Oct 1749 - Nov 1750, 18 Oct 1766 – Mar 1777 [check]; Rector of Kingham, Oxfordshire, from 16 Aug 1750; Vicar of Newent, Gloucs., from 1762 (disp. to hold with Kingham); Dean of Worcester from 10 Jan 1778; Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester, from Dec 1778; m. Anne, dau. of William Dowdeswell (QS 1703, qv); d. 8 Jan 1783.

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.

FOLEY, THOMAS, 3RD BARON FOLEY, youngest son of Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley (qv); b. 22 Dec 1780; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1814); succ. father as 3rd Baron Foley 2 Jul 1793; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 May 1798; MA 1800; sportsman and racehorse owner; Master, The Quorn Hunt 1802-6, The Albrighton Hunt 1805-10 and The Worcestershire Foxhounds 1813-5; horses of his won the Derby 1806, the One Thousand Guineas 1815 and the Two Thousand Guineas 1818; supported Whig party in House of Lords; Capt., Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, from 8 Dec 1830; Privy Councillor 8 Dec 1830; Lord Lieut. Worcestershire from 27 Apr 1831; m. 18 Aug 1806 Lady Cecilia Olivia Geraldine Fitzgerald, fifth dau. of William Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (I) KP; d. 16 Apr 1833.