John Folliot (British Army officer, died 1762)

Biography

The eldest son of John Folliott of Ballymacward, After serving with reputation in the subordinate commissions, he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 1st Regiment of Carabiniers (7th Horse) on 3 July 1737. from which he was removed on 22 December 1747 to the Royal Irish Regiment.}}

Besides his military career, Folliot sat in the Irish House of Commons for Longford from 1721 to 1727, for Granard from 1727 to 1760, and for Sligo from 1761 to 1762, when he died at Dublin.

Lieutenant-General Folliot had been left the estates of Lickhill and Mitton in Worcestershire by Rebecca, widow of Arthur Lugg and daughter of John Soley by his wife Anne, sister of the last Lord Folliott, as her nearest relative of the name. On the general's death the estates were inherited by his first cousin John Folliott, MP for Kinsale.

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References

1. Folliot joined the Army as a lieutenant on 1 June 1709.''[[British Army List|Army List]]'' for 1740, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p_BfsBzDzWYC&pg=PA64 p. 64].
2. [[Richard Cannon]], ''Historical Record of the Eighteenth, or the Royal Irish Regiment of Foot'' (1848) [https://archive.org/stream/recordofeighteen00canniala#page/89/mode/1up p. 89].
3. He was constant in his attention to all the duties of commanding officer of that distinguished corps, and on 15 June 1743 was rewarded with the colonelcy of the [[61st Regiment of Foot (1742–1748)|61st Regiment of Foot]],W. R. Williams, "An English Army List of 1740" in ''[[Notes and Queries]]'', 12 ser., vol. III, [https://archive.org/stream/s12notesqueries03londuoft#page/190/mode/2up pp. 190–191]. 10 March 1917.
4. Williams also states that Folliot was [[Lieutenant-Governor of Kinsale and Charles Fort]] from 1753 until he was appointed [[Governor of Kinsale and Charles Fort. kinsman of the same name]].Johnston-Liik, pp. 196–7.
5. Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800'' (2002) vol. IV, pp. 195–6.
6. The ''[[London Chronicle]]'' for 1762, vol. XI, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GwnmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA231 p. 231].
7. H. Sydney Grazebrook, ''The Heraldry of Worcestershire'', vol. I (1873) [https://archive.org/stream/heraldryworcest00grazgoog#page/n272/mode/1up p. 212].