Paternal Family Tree: Foley
Around 1664 [his father] Thomas Foley [aged 23] and [his mother] Elizabeth Ashe [aged 19] were married.
On 8th November 1673 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley was born to Thomas Foley [aged 32] and Elizabeth Ashe [aged 28].
On 6th January 1686 [his mother] Elizabeth Ashe [aged 41] died.
On 21st November 1694 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [aged 21] was elected MP Stafford at a by-election. He was returned unopposed in 1695, and held the seat until 1712 when he was raised to the Peerage.
On 30th May 1695 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [aged 21] was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.
In 1696 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [aged 22] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 1st February 1701 [his father] Thomas Foley [aged 60] died.
On 18th June 1702 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [aged 28] and Mary Strode were married. They had seven children of whom only two survived their parents.
In 1703 [his son] Thomas Foley 2nd Baron Foley was born to Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [aged 29] and [his wife] Mary Strode.
In 1708 the leases of the Wilden and Shelsley Walsh Ironworks expired. Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [aged 34] took over control of them.
On 1st January 1712 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46], on behalf of [his brother-in-law] Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 50], created a number of new Baronies to balance power in Parliament, known as Harley's Dozen,...
Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Bathurst.
Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury [aged 29] by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Bruce of Skelton in Yorkshire.
James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton [aged 24] by writ of acceleration 6th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [aged 38] was created 1st Baron Foley.
George Granville 1st Baron Lansdowne [aged 45] was created 1st Baron Lansdowne of Bideford in Devon. Mary Villiers Baroness Lansdowne by marriage Baroness Lansdowne of Bideford in Devon.
George Henry Hay 8th Earl Kinnoull [aged 22] was created 1st Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baron Mansel [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Mansel of Margam. Martha Millington Baroness Mansel by marriage Baroness Mansel of Margam.
Samuel Masham 1st Baron Masham [aged 33] was created 1st Baron Masham of Otes in Essex. Abigail Hill Baroness Masham [aged 42] by marriage Baroness Masham of Otes in Essex.
Henry Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 48] was created 1st Baron Burton.
Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor Bromham [aged 53] was created 1st Baron Trevor Bromham.
Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton [aged 39] was created 1st Baron Middleton. Elizabeth Rothwell Baroness Willoughby and Middleton by marriage Baroness Middleton.
Thomas Windsor 1st Viscount Windsor [aged 42] was created 1st Baron Mountjoy.
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On 22nd January 1733 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [aged 59] died. His son Thomas [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Baron Foley.
After 22nd January 1733. Monument at Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Great Witley [Map] to Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley [deceased] sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack [aged 38].
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Foley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Foley
Grandfather: Thomas Foley
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brindley of Willenhal
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Brindley
father: Thomas Foley
Grandfather: Edward Ashe
mother: Elizabeth Ashe