John Folliott (1696–1765)

For other people with the same name, see John Folliott.

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

1. Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, volume I (1871) p. 450.
2. Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (2006) p. 89.