Patrick James Foley

Patrick James Foley (1836–28 June 1914) was a successful financial entrepreneur and an Irish politician and Member of Parliament for Galway Connemara from 1885 to 1895.

He was also chairman of the Industrial Assurances Protection Association and president of the National Amalgamated Approved Society founded in 1912.

When the Irish Parliamentary Party split in December 1890 over the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell, Foley sided with the Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation.

[3] Foley was secretary of the Irish National League of Great Britain.

There is a statue to Foley on the front of the Pearl Chambers building on the Headrow in Leeds.

A statue of Foley on top of the Pearl Assurance building on The Headrow, Leeds
A statue of Foley on top of the Pearl Assurance building on the Headrow, Leeds