Career
He represented Hereford in Parliament from 1734 to 1741, and Herefordshire from 1742 to 1747. He continued the family interest in ironmaking in the Forest of Dean, initially in partnership with his father. However, in his time leases were not renewed as they expired, and the business declined to being a shadow of what it once had been.
Hester Andrews, daughter of Thomas Andrews and Elizabeth Young.
Children: Martin Andrew Foley and Thomas Foley
Mary Warter, daughter of John Warter. Children: Very Review Robert Foley (d 1783) and Sarah Foley
Elizabeth Wolstenholme, daughter of Henry Wolstenholme.
Child: Paul Jermyn Foley
Elizabeth Unett, daughter of Robert Unett
Catherine Gwyn, daughter of Francis Gwyn.