Thomas Foley

Thomas Foley

Thomas and Tom Foley may refer to:

*Tom Foley, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
*Thomas Patrick Roger Foley, Bishop of Chicago
*Thomas C. Foley, current US ambassador to Ireland
*Tom Foley (baseball), baseball player and coach of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
*Thomas Foley (alpine skier), Irish alpine skier
*Thomas Foley (admiral) (Sir), British admiral

The Barons Foley and their family

*Many of the Barons Foley in the peerage of Great Britain and members of that family have borne the name:
**Thomas Foley (1616-1677) of Witley Court, ironmaster and ancestor of all the Barons Foley (Thomas Foley I of Witley)

enior branch

**Thomas Foley (c.1641-1701) of Great Witley, his eldest son: (Thomas Foley II of Witley)
**Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1673-1733), his eldest son: (Thomas Foley III of Witley)
**Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley (1703-1766), his eldest son: (Thomas Foley IV of Witley)

econd Branch

**Thomas Foley (auditor of the imprests) (c 1670-1737), of Stoke Edith (Thomas Foley I of Stoke), ironmaster and English MP, ancestor of the Barons Foley of Kidderminster (second creation)
**Thomas Foley (c 1695-1749), English MP for Herefordshire 1742-1747, his eldest son: (Thomas Foley II of Stoke)
**Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1716-1777), his eldest son and English MP for Herefordshire and Droitwich: (Thomas Foley III of Stoke and V of Witley) inherited the Great Witley estate from his cousin the 2nd baron
**Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley (1742-1793), his eldest son and English MP for Herefordshire and for Droitwich in his father's lifetime: (Thomas Foley IV of Stoke and VI of Witley)
**Thomas Foley (1778-1822), British MP for Herefordshire 1807-1818, son of Andrew Foley (MP) youngest son of the first baron
**Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley (1780-1833), his only son: (Thomas Foley VII of Witley)
**Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley - Thomas Henry Foley (1808-69), five times Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, that is government chief whip in the House of Lords


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