Baron Folliott Explained

Baron Folliott
Creation:	1620
Peerage:	Peerage of Ireland
First Holder:	Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott
Last Holder:	Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott

Baron Folliott, of Ballyshannon in the County of Donegal, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 22 January 1620 for Henry Folliott. The Folliott family (also Folliot, Foliot, ffolliot, ffolliott,^[1] in origin a Norman name) held lands in Pirton, Worcestershire from the 14th century. The family seat until 1623 was Pirton Court, Pirton, Worcestershire, and later Blakesley Hall, Yardley (now Birmingham). The Irish branch of the family acquired substantial estates in County Donegal, Ireland, in the 17th century. The third Baron represented Ballyshannon in the Irish Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1716.

Barons Folliott (1620)

• Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott (1568–1622)
• Thomas Folliott, 2nd Baron Folliott (1613–1697)
• Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott (died 1716)

Notes and References

1. The ff digraph represents an older form of capitalizing the letter F, retained when modern capital F was introduced in italic print in the Elizabethan era. L. Munby, S. Hobbs, A. Crosby, "Reading Tudor and Stuart Handwriting" (1988), p. 11.