Robert Foley (priest)

Last updated

Robert Foley was Dean of Worcester from his installation on 31 January 1778 until his death on 8 January 1783. [1]

The brother of the first Baron Foley, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. [2] He was ordained in 1745; and held incumbencies at Newent and Kingham. During his years as Dean he also held the Mastership of St Oswald's Hospital. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baron Foley</span> Barony in the Peerage of Great Britain

Baron Foley is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, both times for members of the same family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arthur Lake (bishop)</span> Bishop of Bath and Wells

Arthur Lake was Bishop of Bath and Wells and a translator of the King James Version of The Bible.

Bewdley was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1605 until 1950. Until 1885 it was a parliamentary borough in Worcestershire, represented by one Member of Parliament; the name was then transferred to a county constituency from 1885 until 1950. Its MPs included the former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, who represented the seat from 1908 to 1937, and afterwards took the name of the constituency as part of his title when he was raised to the peerage.

The Wilden Ironworks was an ironworks in Wilden, Worcestershire, England. It operated for many years and was acquired by the Baldwin family, ancestors of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1716–1777)</span> British landowner and politician

Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley, was a British landowner and politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arthur Winnington-Ingram</span> Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939

Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram was Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Winnington (1696–1746)</span> British politician (1696–1746)

Thomas Winnington, of Stanford Court, Stanford on Teme. Worcestershire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1726 to 1746.

John of Coutances was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Morton (bishop)</span> 15th-century Bishop of Worcester

Robert Morton was an English priest and Bishop of Worcester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Foley (died 1749)</span> English politician (c. 1695 – 1749)

Thomas Foley, of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire was a British landowner and Member of Parliament.

Andrew Foley was a British Member of Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edmund Freke</span> English dean and bishop

Edmund Freke was an English dean and bishop.

Winifred Mary Foley was an English writer. She is known best for an autobiographical account of her childhood in the Forest of Dean: A Child in the Forest (1974).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Fell</span> English academic and clergyman

Samuel Fell D.D. was an English academic and clergyman, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford during the First English Civil War.

John E. Foley was an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the second round as the 18th pick in the 1962 NBA draft by the Celtics and spent one season playing in the league. Foley was given the nickname "The Shot" because of his explosive offensive ability.

John Banks Jenkinson was an English bishop who was the Bishop of St David's from 1825.

Richard Francis Onslow was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1815 to 1849.

Thomas Warmestry was Dean of Worcester from 1661 until his death.

William Foley is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Foley (cricketer)</span> English cricketer, cricket administrator, barrister

Paul Henry Foley was an English first-class cricketer, cricket administrator and barrister.

References

  1. British History On-line
  2. Venn Database
  3. ”Bishops & Deans of Worcester” Green,B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Worcester
1778–1783
Succeeded by