Andrew Foley (MP)

For other people named Andrew Foley, see Andrew Foley (disambiguation).

Hon. Andrew Foley (c.1748 – 28 July 1818) was a British Member of Parliament.[1]

He was the third son of Thomas, 1st Lord Foley and educated in Oxford.

Unlike his two elder brothers, he did not greatly dissipate the family wealth. His father devised to him estates in and around Newent, Gloucestershire that had been in the family for several generations. He was a trustee of his father's will, together with his father's younger brother, the Very Reverend Robert Foley, Dean of Worcester.

Andrew Foley sat continuously as member of Parliament for Droitwich, long represented by members of his family, from 1774 until his death.

He died in 1818. He had married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Boulter Tomlinson, and left two sons, Thomas and William Andrew (neither of whom married) and four daughters.

References

  1. "FOLEY, Andrew (?1748-1818), of Newport, Herefs.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Robert Harley
Edward Foley
Member of Parliament for Droitwich
1774–1801
With: Edward Foley 1774
Thomas Foley 1774–1777
Sir Edward Winnington, Bt 1777–1801
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Droitwich
1801–1818
With: Sir Edward Winnington, Bt 1801–1805
Thomas Foley 1805–1807
Sir Thomas Winnington, Bt 1807–1816
The Earl of Sefton 1816–1818
Succeeded by
The Earl of Sefton
Thomas Foley
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