Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1716–1777)

He succeeded his father in 1749, inheriting the Stoke Edith estate in Herefordshire.

This included ironworks at Wilden and Shelsley Walsh, which were leased about at the end of his life.He was elected to the House of Commons for Droitwich in 1741, a constituency he represented until 1746 and again from 1754 to 1768, followed by election to represent Herefordshire between 1768 and 1776.

The latter year the title previously held by his cousin was revived when Foley was raised to the peerage as Baron Foley of Kidderminster in the County of Worcester.

Lord Foley married Grace (d. 1769), daughter of George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, in 1740.

They had seven children: Foley died in November 1777, aged 61.