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Authorised form of nameFoley; Richard (1681 - 1732)
Dates1681 - 1732
NationalityBritish
Date of birth19 February 1681
Date of death27 March 1732
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1695)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1702); MP for Droitwich (1708-death); Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas (1703-death)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1708
RelationshipsSon of Thomas Foley of Whitley, Worcestershire, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Ashe of Heytesbury, Wiltshire; brother of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley of Kidderminster (FRS 1696); brother-in-law of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (FRS 1712); uncle of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (FRS 1727)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
'Gentleman's Magazine' 1732, p679
Notes:
Withdrew at midsummer 1712 (AB).
CodeNA7347
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