Thomas Foley (c. 1695 – 3 April 1749), of

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was a British landowner and Member of Parliament. Stoke in Herefordshire Vit Brit

He was the eldest son of

Thomas Foley (auditor of the imprests) Thomas Foley (c. 1670 – 10 December 1737), of Stoke Edith Court, Herefordshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1691 and 1737. He held the sinecure office of auditor of th ...

and inherited the latter's estates on his death in 1737. He represented

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in Parliament from 1734 to 1741, and

from 1742 to 1747. He continued the family interest in ironmaking in the

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, initially in partnership with his father. However, in his time leases were not renewed as they expired, and the business declined to being a shadow of what it once had been. He married five times. # Hester Andrews, daughter of Thomas Andrews and Elizabeth Young. Children: #* Martin Andrew Foley #* Thomas Foley, created first

Baron Foley Baron Foley is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, both times for members of the same family. The first creation came in 1712 in favour of Thomas Foley, who had earlier represented Stafford in the House of Co ...

of the second creation in 1776 # Mary Warter, daughter of John Warter. Children: #* Robert Foley, Dean of Worcester #* Sarah Foley # Elizabeth Wolstenholme, daughter of Henry Wolstenholme. Child: #* Paul Jermyn Foley # Elizabeth Unett, daughter of Robert Unett # Catherine Gwyn, daughter of Francis Gwyn

Sources

*''Burkes Peerage''

References

1690s births 1749 deaths English ironmasters Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Politics of Herefordshire British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747

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