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'''Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (8 November 1673 – 22 January 1733) |
'''Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (8 November 1673 – 22 January 1733) |
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was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. |
was an English landowner, ironmaster and Member of Parliament. |
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[[File:2013 04 19 Whitly Court 03.jpg|thumb|Witley Court]] |
[[File:2013 04 19 Whitly Court 03.jpg|thumb|Witley Court]] |
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He was the eldest son of [[Thomas Foley (c.1641-1701)|Thomas Foley (c. 1641–1701)]] and inherited the [[Great Witley]] estate on his father's death. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/foley-thomas-iii-1673-1733|title=FOLEY, Thomas III (1673-1733), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate= 25 March 2018}} </ref> |
He was the eldest son of [[Thomas Foley (c.1641-1701)|Thomas Foley (c. 1641–1701)]] and inherited the [[Great Witley]] estate on his father's death. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/foley-thomas-iii-1673-1733|title=FOLEY, Thomas III (1673-1733), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate= 25 March 2018}} </ref> His younger brothers were [[Edward Foley (1676–1747)]] and [[Richard Foley (1681–1732)]]. He entered [[Lincoln's Inn]] to study law in 1695. |
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He was [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]] from 1694 until his elevation to the peerage in 1712, as one of 12 peers created on the recommendation of the [[Lord High Treasurer|Lord Treasurer]], [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Robert Harley Earl of Oxford]], to give him a majority in the [[House of Lords]]. |
He was [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]] from 1694 until his elevation to the peerage in 1712, as one of 12 peers created on the recommendation of the [[Lord High Treasurer|Lord Treasurer]], [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Robert Harley Earl of Oxford]], to give him a majority in the [[House of Lords]]. |
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==Business== |
==Business== |
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When the lease of ironworks at [[Wilden Ironworks|Wilden]] and [[Shelsley Walsh]] expired in 1708, he took them in hand and they were operated as an estate enterprise by him and successive owners of the estate until 1776.<ref>The evidence for this is principally that he and his successors purchased pig iron from the blast furnaces of others, and their names thus appear in the furnace accounts.</ref> |
When the lease of ironworks at [[Wilden Ironworks|Wilden]] and [[Shelsley Walsh]] expired in 1708, he took them in hand and they were operated as an estate enterprise by him and successive owners of the estate until 1776.<ref>The evidence for this is principally that he and his successors purchased pig iron from the blast furnaces of others, and their names thus appear in the furnace accounts.</ref> |
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He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1696. <ref> {{cite web|url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=3&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27foley%27%29|title=Fellows details|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate= 25 March 2018}} </ref> |
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==Family== |
==Family== |
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[[Category:People from Worcestershire]] |
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[[Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies]] |
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Revision as of 14:04, 25 March 2018
Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley FRS (8 November 1673 – 22 January 1733) was an English landowner, ironmaster and Member of Parliament.
He was the eldest son of Thomas Foley (c. 1641–1701) and inherited the Great Witley estate on his father's death. [1] His younger brothers were Edward Foley (1676–1747) and Richard Foley (1681–1732). He entered Lincoln's Inn to study law in 1695.
He was Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1694 until his elevation to the peerage in 1712, as one of 12 peers created on the recommendation of the Lord Treasurer, Robert Harley Earl of Oxford, to give him a majority in the House of Lords.
Business
When the lease of ironworks at Wilden and Shelsley Walsh expired in 1708, he took them in hand and they were operated as an estate enterprise by him and successive owners of the estate until 1776.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1696. [3]
Family
Thomas Foley married Mary Strode with whom he fathered seven children, five of them predeceasing their parents. His only surviving son was Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley, after whose death the title became extinct, while the estates devolved upon the latter's distant cousin Thomas Foley of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, for whom the title was revived in 1776.
References
- ^ "FOLEY, Thomas III (1673-1733), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ The evidence for this is principally that he and his successors purchased pig iron from the blast furnaces of others, and their names thus appear in the furnace accounts.
- ^ "Fellows details". Royal Society. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- Stuart Handley, 'Foley, Thomas, first Baron Foley (1673–1733)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 2 March 2008
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