Background
His father had dreamed of rebuilding the parish church, close to the family mansion of Witley Court, but died before doing southern
His father had dreamed of rebuilding the parish church, close to the family mansion of Witley Court, but died before doing southern
This was undertaken by his widow Mary and son, and completed in 1735.
The building was designed by James Gibbs. He then employed mould-makers to reproduce its plasterwork, making the church one of the finest baroque churches in Britain. Unlike his father and three younger brothers, Lord Foley did not sit in the House of Commons.
The new Lord Foley referred in this will to his predecessor as his "great benefactor".
In about 1740, he bought the Manor of Great Malvern in Malvern from Lord Mountfort. His successors continued to be its Lord of the Manor through the 19th century.
Royal Society.