Baron Folliott, of Ballyshannon in the County of Donegal, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

. It was created on 22 January 1620 for Henry Folliott

Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott

Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott 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 Folliott family (sometimes Ffolliot) held lands in Pirton, Worcestershire

Pirton, Worcestershire

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 from the 14th century. The family seat until 1623 was Pirton Court, Pirton, Worcestershire

Pirton, Worcestershire

Pirton is a small village in the English county of Worcestershire.Pirton has some uncommon features for a village.A folly- near Pirton pool,...

, and later Blakesley Hall

Blakesley Hall

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, Yardley (now Birmingham

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). The Irish branch of the family acquired substantial estates in County Donegal

County Donegal

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, Ireland

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, in the 17th century. The third Baron represented Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Ballyshannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was the borough of Ballyshannon in County Donegal...

 in the Irish Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1716.

Barons Folliott (1620)

• Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott
  Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott
  Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott 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...
  
   (1568–1622)
• Thomas Folliott, 2nd Baron Folliott (1613–1697)
• Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott
  Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott
  Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott was an Irish nobleman and politician.He succeeded to the title Baron Folliott and to extensive Irish estates on the death in 1697 of his father Thomas Folliott of Ferney Hall, Onibury, Ludlow, Shropshire and Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward, Co Donegal...
  
  (d. 1716)