Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley (1742–1793)
Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley (24 June 1742 – 2 July 1793) of Witley Court in Worcestershire, was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1767 to 1777 when he was raised to the peerage. Early life Foley was the eldest son of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1716–1777), Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley, and was born on 24 June 1742. He was educated at Westminster School from 1753 and matriculated at Magdelen College, Oxford, in 1759. Political career Foley was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Herefordshire at a by-election on 18 May 1767 and retained his seat at the 1768 British general election, 1768 general election. At the 1774 British general election, 1774 general election he was returned as MP for the family borough of Droitwich (UK Parliament constituency), Droitwich until he succeeded to his father's peerage in 1777. Foley was a close friend of Charles James Fox, and was a gambler. Mary Del ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Witley Court
Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcestershire, England is a ruined Italianate mansion. Built for the Foleys in the seventeenth century on the site of a former manor house, it was enormously expanded in the early nineteenth century by the architect John Nash for Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley. The estate was later sold to the Earls of Dudley, who undertook a second massive reconstruction in the mid-19th century, employing the architect Samuel Daukes to create one of the great palaces of Victorian and Edwardian England. The declining fortune of the Dudleys saw the sale of the court after the First World War to a Kidderminster carpet manufacturer. In 1937 a major fire caused great damage to the court, the estate was broken up and sold and the house was subsequently stripped of its fittings and furnishings. Forty years of decay followed before the house and grounds were taken into the care of The Department of the Environment in 1972. Since that point, significant restoration and ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Edward Foley (1747–1803)
Edward Foley (16 March 1747 – 22 June 1803) was the second son of Thomas, 1st Lord Foley. Like his brother, he was profligate with the great family wealth. His father's will settled the paternal estate at Stoke Edith, Herefordshire together with the manor of Malvern and property bought from Lord Montfort, but limited him to an annuity from the estate, the balance of the income being applied to pay his debts. He married firstly Lady Anne Coventry (daughter of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry) without having children before the marriage was dissolved by Act of Parliament in 1786. In 1790, he married his distant cousin Eliza Maria Foley Hodgetts, by whom he had two sons, Edward Thomas Foley and John Hodgetts Hodgetts-Foley. She was the heiress of the Prestwood estate, formerly owned by Philip Foley. On their marriage, the Stoke Edith estate was settled to go to their eldest son and the Prestwood estate to their second. Edward Foley sat as Member of Parliament for Droit ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1749 – 9 January 1805), of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire, was a British baronet and politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet. His father arranged for George Butt to be his tutor and he accompanied him when he started at Christ Church, Oxford.Nigel Aston, 'Butt, George (1741–1795)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 26 Aug 2014/ref> Winnington married Anne, daughter of Thomas, 1st Lord Foley, by whom he had five sons, of whom the eldest, Thomas, succeeded him. He was MP for Droitwich, Worcestershire between 1777 and 1805. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in January 1805 but had died the day before. References * * 1749 births 1805 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 179 ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Andrew Foley (MP)
Andrew Foley (c. 1748 – 28 July 1818) was a British Member of Parliament. 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 *''Burke's Peerage'' *Will of 1st Lord Foley. * 1748 births 1818 deaths People from Newent Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Rowland Berkeley (died 1805)
Rowland Berkeley may refer to: *Rowland Berkeley (died 1611) (1548–1611), English politician *Rowland Berkeley (died 1696) (1613–1696), English politician *Rowland Hill Berkeley Rowland Hill Berkeley, J.P. (1849-1905) was an English grocery merchant, factory owner and Liberal Unionist politician, who served as Lord Mayor of Birmingham, dying in office. Life Berkeley was born in late 1849 in Handsworth (then a villag ...

Robert Harley (c
Robert Harley may refer to: Politicians *Robert Harley (1579–1656), English statesman, Member of Parliament for Radnor and Herefordshire *Robert Harley (died 1673) (1626–1673), British Member of Parliament for Radnor *Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (1661–1724), Member of Parliament for Radnor and Tregony * Robert Harley (c. 1706 – 1774), Member of Parliament for Leominster, 1731–1741 and 1742–1747, and Droitwich *Robert William Harley (1829–1892), British colonial administrator Others * Robert Harley (mathematician) (1828–1910), English Congregational minister *Robert Harley (writer), British comedy writer * Bob Harley (1888–1958), Canadian footballer *Rob Harley Robert John Harley (born 26 May 1990) is a Scotland international rugby union player for US Carcassonne in the Pro D2. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and is their most capped player. He plays as a flanker but can also cover lock.htt ...

Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet
Sir John Morgan, 4th Baronet (11 July 1710 – 1767), of Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1734 and 1767. Morgan was the only son of Sir Thomas Morgan, 3rd Baronet. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 14 December 1716. He was educated at Westminster School in 1721 and matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford 1726 At the 1734 British general election, Morgan was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Hereford. He voted with the Opposition. He did not stand in 1741. Morgan married Anne Jackobson, daughter of Sir Jacob Jackobson, of Walthamstow, Essex, director of the South Sea Company, on 17 December 1750. He was High Sheriff of Herefordshire for the year 1752 to 1753. Morgan was returned unopposed for Herefordshire at a by-election on 5 May 1755. He was unopposed again at the 1761 British general election The 1761 British general election returned members to serve in ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Velters Cornewall
Velters Cornewall (1697 – 3 April 1768) was an English politician. He was born in 1697, the second surviving son of Henry Cornewall, and the first with his second wife Susanna. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated on 8 July 1714 and entered Lincoln's Inn. He succeeded his father in 1717, inheriting property in Herefordshire which included Moccas Park. In 1721 he made his first move into politics, writing to his cousin the Earl of Oxford, seeking to be appointed parliamentary candidate at Leominster. Oxford replied that he had already promised the seat to Sir Archer Croft, but "I have the greatest regard for your family, and should be glad of any opportunity to show the esteem for your person." The following year, he was selected to represent Herefordshire, a seat that he would hold for the next 46 years. On 26 February 1745 he seconded a motion calling for a parliamentary enquiry into the Battle of Toulon the previous year, in which his younger ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

John Nash (architect)
John Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was one of the foremost British architects of the Georgian and Regency eras, during which he was responsible for the design, in the neoclassical and picturesque styles, of many important areas of London. His designs were financed by the Prince Regent and by the era's most successful property developer, James Burton. Nash also collaborated extensively with Burton's son, Decimus Burton. Nash's best-known solo designs are the Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Marble Arch; and Buckingham Palace. His best-known collaboration with James Burton is Regent Street and his best-known collaborations with Decimus Burton are Regent's Park and its terraces and Carlton House Terrace. The majority of his buildings, including those that the Burtons did not contribute to, were built by James Burton's company. Background and early career Nash was born in 1752, probably in Lambeth, south London. His father was a millwright also called John (1714–1772). From ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley
Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley PC, DL (22 December 1780 – 16 April 1833), was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1833. Background Foley was the son of Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley, and Henrietta Stanhope. Political career Foley succeeded as third Baron Foley on the death of his father in 1793 and was able to take his seat in the House of Lords on his 21st birthday in 1801. When the Whigs came to power under Lord Grey in 1830, Foley was appointed Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, a post he held until his early death in 1833. In 1830 he was admitted to the Privy Council. Apart from his political career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire between 1831 and 1833 and Master of the Quorn Hunt from 1805 to 1806. Family Lord Foley married Lady Cecilia Olivia Geraldine FitzGerald (3 March 1786 – London, 27 July 1863), daughter of William Fitz ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort (20 August 1705 – 1 January 1755), of Horseheath, Horseheath Hall, Cambridgeshire, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1727 until 1741 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Montfort. He was a cricketer but also a gambler who killed himself in the face of financial ruin. Early life Bromley was the only son of John Bromley (the younger), John Bromley , and his wife Mercy Bromley, the daughter and eventual sole heir of William Bromley (of Holt Castle), William Bromley (1656–1707). His mother died in childbirth and his father died in 1718. One of his guardians was Samuel Shepheard (died 1748), Samuel Shepheard. He was educated at Eton College and was admitted at Clare College, Cambridge in 1724. He married Frances Wyndham, daughter of Thomas Wyndham and sister and heiress of Wyndham baronets, Sir Francis Wyndham, 4th Baronet, of Trent, Dorset on 18 March 1728. She die ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Great Malvern
Great Malvern is an area of the spa town of Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the eastern flanks of the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill, and is the historic centre of Malvern and includes its town centre. It is a designated conservation area in recognition of the special architectural and historic interest of the area. The growth of Great Malvern began with the founding of an 11th-century priory. During the 19th century, it became a popular centre for hydrotherapy and swelled to include the bordering settlements of Barnards Green, Malvern Link with Link Top, Malvern Wells (South Malvern), North Malvern, and West Malvern. This urban area, along with the hills they surround and several villages, are collectively referred to as ''The Malverns''. Great Malvern is a seat of local government, being the location of the headquarters of Malvern Town Council, the Malvern Hills Conservators ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]