Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott (died 17 October 1716) was an Irish nobleman and politician. He succeeded to the title

Baron Folliott Baron Folliott, of Ballyshannon in the County of Donegal, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 22 January 1620 for Henry Folliott. The Folliott family (also ''Folliot, Foliot, ffolliot, ffolliott'',The ff digraph represen ...

and to extensive Irish estates on the death in 1697 of his father Thomas Folliott of Ferney Hall, Onibury,

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and Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward,

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. He sat as member of parliament (MP) for

Ballyshannon Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 road (Ireland), N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 road (Ireland), N15 crosses the River Erne. The town was inc ...

in the

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from 1695 to 1697. He married Elizabeth Pudsey, heiress of Langley Hall,

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in 1677 and built a substantial mansion, Four Oaks Hall, Sutton Coldfield, to a design by architect William Wilson. His one daughter by Elizabeth, Rebecca, died in 1697. He died without a son and the Barony became extinct on his death. His estates devolved upon a relative, Lieutenant General John Folliott, and upon his five sisters.

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1716 deaths Politicians from County Donegal 18th-century Irish nobility Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Irish MPs 1695–1699 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-baron-stub