Baron Foley
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Baron Foley is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first one became extinct in 1766. It was revived in 1776 for the politician Thomas Foley, the cousin and heir of the last holder of the 1712 creation, who was created Baron Foley, of Kidderminster in the County of Worcestershire. The second creation remains extant. All holders of the title are descended from the ironmaster Thomas Foley (1616-1677), grandfather of the first Lord Foley. The family seat was Witley Court until this was sold to trustees for William, Lord Ward, later Earl of Dudley in 1837.
[edit] Barons Foley, First Creation (1712)
- Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1673–1733)
- Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley (1703–1766)
[edit] Barons Foley, Second Creation (1776)
- Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1716–1777)
- Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley (1742–1793)
- Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley (1780–1833)
- Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley (1808–1869)
- Henry Thomas Foley, 5th Baron Foley (1850–1905)
- Fitzalan Charles John Foley, 6th Baron Foley (1852–1918)
- Gerald Henry Foley, 7th Baron Foley (1898–1927)
- Adrian Gerald Foley, 8th Baron Foley (b. 1923)
- The Heir Apparent is Hon. Thomas Henry Foley (b. 1961)
