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Foley baronets

The Foley baronetcy, of Thorpe Lee in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 July 1767 for the banker Robert Ralph Foley. He was the son of Robert Foley and his wife Mary Mackland, and grandson of the ironmaster Philip Foley of Prestwood, Stourbridge. The title became extinct on his death in 1782. His seat was also Halstead Place in Kent.

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The Foley baronetcy, of Thorpe Lee in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 1 July 1767 for the banker Robert Ralph Foley. He was the son of Robert Foley and his wife Mary Mackland, and grandson of the ironmaster Philip Foley of Prestwood, Stourbridge. The title became extinct on his death in 1782. His seat was also Halstead Place in Kent.12

Foley baronets, of Thorpe Lee (1767)

  • Sir Robert Ralph Foley, 1st Baron (c. 1727–1782)1
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  1. Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 144.
  2. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith. p. 202.