Robert Foley (baptised 19 September 1624; buried 1 December 1676) of Stourbridge was a son of Richard Foley, the most important ironmaster of his time in the west Midlands, by his second marriage (to Alice Brindley).
In contrast with other members of the family who became ironmasters, Robert Foley became an ironmonger, that is, a person who organises the manufacture of finished ironware and sells it.
Shortly after the English Restoration, Foley obtained a contract from the Navy Board to supply ironware to several dockyards.
He married first Anne Blurton in 1645 and was succeeded by his son, another Robert Foley.
He traveled from his home in Stourbridge to Bristol and then to London, where he died at his inn.