Irish politician
John Folliott or Ffolliott (1696 – 12 January 1765) was an Irish politician.
John Folliott was the son of Francis Folliott of Ballyshannon and his wife Letitia, daughter of Sir James Cuffe.[1] He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Donegal from 1730 to 1760, and for Kinsale from 1761 until his death.[2] By his wife Frances Goodwin he had several children, including the eldest son Francis, who was the grandfather of John Ffolliott.[1]
References
- ^ a b Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, volume I (1871) p. 450.
- ^ Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (2006) p. 89.