Biography of Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley 1673-1733
Paternal Family Tree: Foley
On 08 Nov 1673 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley was born to Thomas Foley (age 32).
On 21 Nov 1694 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 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 30 May 1695 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 21) was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.
In 1696 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 22) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 01 Feb 1701 [his father] Thomas Foley (age 60) died.
On 18 Jun 1702 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 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 (age 29) and [his wife] Mary Strode.
In 1708 the leases of the Wilden and Shelsley Walsh Ironworks expired. Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 34) took over control of them.
On 01 Jan 1712 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 46), on behalf of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 50), created a number of new Baronies to balance power in Parliament, known as Harley's Dozen, ...
Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst (age 27) was created 1st Baron Bathurst.
Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury (age 29) by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Bruce of Skelton in Yorkshire.
James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton (age 24) by writ of acceleration 6th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 38) was created 1st Baron Foley.
George Granville 1st Baron Lansdowne (age 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 (age 22) was created 1st Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baron Mansel (age 44) was created 1st Baron Mansel of Margam. Martha Millington Baroness Mansel by marriage Baroness Mansel of Margam.
Samuel Masham 1st Baron Masham (age 33) was created 1st Baron Masham of Otes in Essex. Abigail Hill Baroness Masham (age 42) by marriage Baroness Masham of Otes in Essex.
Henry Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 48) was created 1st Baron Burton.
Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor Bromham (age 53) was created 1st Baron Trevor Bromham.
Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton (age 39) was created 1st Baron Middleton. Elizabeth Rothwell Baroness Willoughby and Middleton by marriage Baroness Trevor Bromham, Baroness Middleton.
Thomas Windsor 1st Viscount Windsor (age 42) was created 1st Baron Mountjoy.
On 22 Jan 1733 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 59) died. His son [his son] Thomas Foley 2nd Baron Foley (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baron Foley.
After 22 Jan 1733. Monument at Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Great Witley [Map] to Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (deceased) sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack (age 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