John Hodgetts-Foley

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John Hodgetts Hodgetts-Foley (17 July 179713 November 1861) of Prestwood House (then in Kingswinford, and now in Kinver) in Staffordshire represented the borough constituency of Droitwich in Parliament from 1822 to 1835 as a Whig and East Worcestershire from 1847 to 1861. He was the second son of the Hon. Edward Foley of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire and his wife Eliza Maria Foley Hodgetts. He inherited the Prestwood estate from his mother, whose mother Eliza Foley was a descendant of Philip Foley.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Earl of Sefton
Thomas Foley
Member of Parliament for Droitwich
with The Earl of Sefton 1822–1831
Sir Thomas Winnington, Bt 1831–1832

1822–1835
Succeeded by
John Barneby
Preceded by
James Arthur Taylor
George Rushout-Bowes
Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire
with George Rushout-Bowes 1847–1859
Frederick Gough-Calthorpe 1859–1861

1847–1861
Succeeded by
Frederick Gough-Calthorpe
Harry Foley Vernon

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