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 338 FOLEY— FOLKESTONE. VI. 1S33. 4. Thomas Henry (Foley), Baron Foley of Kidder- minster, 1st s. and h., b. 11 Dec. 1S0S, in Hill street, and bap. at St. Geo. Han. sq. He was M.P. for Worcestershire, 1830-32, and for West Worcester- shire, 1832-33 ; P.O., 1S33 ; Capt. of the corps of Gent, at arms, 1833-34, 1835-11, 1816 to Feb. 1852, Dec. 1852 to Feb. 1S58, 1859-06, and 1868-96. He m. 16 July 1849, at Si James's, Westm., Mary Charlotte (Kitzalan-IIoward), 1st da. of Henry Charles (Howard), 13th Duke ok Norfolk, by Charlotte Sophia, da. of Charles Granville (Leveson-Gower), 1st DUKE of SUTHERLAND, He d. 20 Nov. 1869, at the Hotel Bristol, Paris, aged 60. Personalty sworn under £250,000. His widow, who was b. 13 Dec. 1822, living 1890. VII. 1SC9. 5. Henry Thomas (Foley), Baron Foley of Kidder- minster, 1st s. and h., 6. 4 Dec. 1S50, in Grosvenor sq., Midx. Family Estates.— These, in 1883, appear to have been under 2,000 acres, not being noticed in Bateman's " Great Landowners." Principal Residence. Ruxley Lodge, Esher, Surrey. FOLIOT. Barony by J. Jordan Fouot (probably s. and h. of Jordan F. by "Writ. Beatrice, da. of Hugh B.vrdoli'H, niece and coheir of Robert Bardolph, of Hoo, co. Kent), was sum. to Pari, as a Baron [LORD I. 1295. FOLIOT], 23 June, 30 Sep., and 2 Nov. (1295), 23 Ed. I. He was also sum. 26 Jan. (1296/7), 25 Ed. L, to the assembly at Salisbury/' 1 ) He m. Margaret. He d. (1298-99), 27 Ed. L His widow d. (1329), 4 Ed. III. II. 1299. 2. Ricltard Foliot, a and h., aged 15 at his father's death. He was never sum. to Pari. He was living (1313-14), 7 Ed. III. .1314? 3. Ricltard Foliot, only s. and h., <1. a minor and to uum. (1325-26), 19 Ed. It, when the Barony (if any hereditary 132G. Barony existed) fell into abeyance. ( b ) FOLKESTONE. Viscountcy. j. Sir Jacob Bouverie, Bart., of Longford, "Wilts, 2d I 1747 s ' °^ ^'"' am Ees Bouverie, 1st Bart, (a Turkey merchant in London) by his second wife, Anne, da. and h. of David Urry, of Loudon, was b. before 1703 ; was sometime a merchant in London ; site, to the Baronetcy and the family estates on the death of his eldest br. 21 Nov. 1736 ; took the name of Bouverie in lieu of that of Des Bouvirie by act of Pari. 22 April 1737 j was M.P. for Salisbury, 1741-17, and Recorder thereof, 1744. He was, on 29 June 1747, cr. LORD LONGFORD, BARON OF LONGFORD, co. Wilts, and VISCOUNT FOLKESTONE/,') of Folkestone, co. Kent He ro. firstly 31 Jan. 1733, Mary, da. and h. of Bartholomew Clarke, of Delapre Abbey and Hardingstone, co. Northampton, by Mary, sister and h. of Hitch Young, of Roehampton, Surrey. She d. 16 Nov. 1739, and was bur. at Britford, Wilts. He m. secondly 21 April 1741, Elizabeth, 1st da. of Robert (Marsham), 1st Baron Romnet, by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel. He d. 17 Feb. 1701, and was bur. at Britford. Will pr. 1761. His widow d. 25 Sep. 1782, at South Warnborough, Hants. Admon. Nov. 1782. (a) See vol i, p. Ill, note " b," sub "ApAdam," as to this summons not con- stituting a regular writ of summons to Pari. ( b ) The coheirs were his two sisters, viz. (1) Margery aged 12 and unm. in 1329 who m. before 1330 Hugh de Hastings, whose coheirs will be found under the Barony of Hastings cr. 1295 (2) Margaret aged 11 in 1329 who m. John de Camoys, whose coheirs will be found under the Barony of Camoys. («) The Countess of Yarmouth (the King'B Mistress) who " is stated to have derived considerable sums from the sale of Peerages " is said to have received from Sir Jacob " the magnificent bribe of £12,000, tho price of a coronet [a Viscountcy not a mere Barony] which she obtained for him." See JeaBe's " Court of Hanover," vol, iii, p. 422, as also Walpolo's letter to Montagu, 2 July 1747.