Lieutenant-General John Folliot or Folliott (baptised 25 January 1691 – 26 February 1762) was an officer of the

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The eldest son of John Folliott of Ballymacward, Folliot joined the Army as a lieutenant on 1 June 1709.'' Army List'' for 1740
p. 64
After serving with reputation in the subordinate commissions, Richard Cannon, ''Historical Record of the Eighteenth, or the Royal Irish Regiment of Foot'' (1848
p. 89
he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 1st Regiment of Carabiniers (7th Horse) on 3 July 1737. He was constant in his attention to all the duties of commanding officer of that distinguished corps, and on 15 June 1743 was rewarded with the colonelcy of the 61st Regiment of Foot,W. R. Williams, "An English Army List of 1740" in '' Notes and Queries'', 12 ser., vol. III
pp. 190–191
10 March 1917. from which he was removed on 22 December 1747 to the Royal Irish Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of major-general on 30 March 1754, and in 1756 was appointed major-general on the Staff in Ireland, at a salary of 30 shillings a day; he would hold this post until his death. On 18 January 1758 Folliot was promoted to lieutenant-general. He was Governor of Ross Castle from 1753 until his death. Besides his military career, Folliot sat in the

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for

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from 1761 to 1762,Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800'' (2002) vol. IV, pp. 195–6. when he died at Dublin. Lieutenant-General Folliot had been left the estates of Lickhill and Mitton in Worcestershire by Rebecca, widow of Arthur Lugg and daughter of John Soley by his wife Anne, sister of the last Lord Folliott, as her nearest relative of the name. On the general's death the estates were inherited by his first cousin John Folliott, MP for

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.H. Sydney Grazebrook, ''The Heraldry of Worcestershire'', vol. I (1873
p. 212

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Folliot, John 1691 births 1762 deaths British Army lieutenant generals Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) officers Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) officers Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Longford constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies