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Foley Family Crest - Digital Download - Foley Coat of Arms JPG File - Heraldry, Genealogy, Ancestry, Surnames, Shields
Digital Download - Foley Coat of Arms
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Heraldic/Genealogical Details:
Argent a fesse engrailed between three cinquefoils sable all within a bordure of the last. Crest—A lion rampant argent holding between the fore-paws an escutcheon charged with the arms. Supporters—Two lions argent semée of cinquefoils sable. Motto—Ut prosim.
The first creation came in 1712 in favour of
Thomas Foley, who had earlier represented Stafford in the House of Commons. He was the grandson of the prominent ironmaster Thomas Foley and the nephew of Paul Foley, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Philip Foley. However, this creation became extinct in 1766 on the death of his son Thomas, the second Baron.
The second creation came in 1776 when the barony was revived for Thomas Foley, the cousin, heir and namesake of the last holder of the 1712 creation, who was created Baron Foley, of Kidderminster in Worcestershire. He was a former Member of Parliament for Droitwich and Herefordshire.
The Foley Baronetcy, of Thorpe Lee in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on in 1767 for Sir Robert Ralph Foley (c. 1727-1782). He was a member of the influential family of ironmasters founded by Richard Foley, which also include the Barons Foley. The title became extinct on his death in 1782.
Foley of Ridgway, co. Pembroke, Wales - The Foleys possessed lands in that county from a very early period; 1383 John Fowley (fl. 1383), and Ellen, his wife, in which the feoffee is styled “Constabularius castri nostri de Llewhawn et magister operum nostrorum”) – John Herbert Foley of Ridgeway, High Sheriff of Pembroke in 1795 – Osborne Foley (d. 1849) – Admiral Sir Thomas Foley GCB (1757 – 9 January 1833) was a Royal Navy officer and "Hero of the Battle of the Nile, son of John Foley of Ridgeway