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10. | Henry (1st Baron of Ballyshannon) Folliott was born about 1569 (son of Thomas (of Pyrton) Folliot and Katherine Lygon); died on 10 Nov 1622 in Abiut 53. Notes:
A Governor of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott (1568 ? 10 November 1622) was the second son of Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court, Pirton, Worcestershire.
From about 1594 he served the Crown in Ireland and in 1603 was commissioned to develop a township adjacent to Ballyshannon Castle. The Borough of Ballyshannon was incorporated in 1613. He was created Baron Folliott, of Ballyshannon, in the Peerage of Ireland on 22 January 1620.
He acquired salmon fisheries and over 3,000 acres of land in Co. Donegal. His residence was Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward, Co. Donegal.
He married Anne Strode of Somerset and had seven children
Henry married Anne Strode before 1613. Anne (daughter of William (Sir) (of Stoke-Under-Hampden) Strode) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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