John Folliot (British Army officer, died 1748)

Lieutenant-General John Folliot or Folliott (died 4 November 1748) was an officer of the British Army.

Folliot joined the Army as an ensign in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards on 20 March 1704,[1][2] and served at the defence of Gibraltar during the winter of 1704–1705.

[4] Folliot was promoted to lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 24 June 1706,[5] then served as first adjutant of the regiment from 25 March 1710[6] until he was made captain-lieutenant of the colonel's company, with rank as a lieutenant-colonel of Foot, on 12 November 1713.

[9] Besides his regimental service, Folliott was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Pendennis Castle on 19 June 1729,[8] and Governor of Carlisle on 9 July 1739.

His only child Susanna predeceased him in 1743, and his heir, also John Folliott, sold Leith Hill Place to Richard Hull in 1760.