Death of Lord Foley - 12th February 2012

Adrian Gerald Foley, 8^th Baron Foley (2^nd creation), 9^th August 1923 – 12^th February 2012 was a British peer, composer and pianist.

Upon the death of his father, Gerald Henry Foley, 7^th Baron Foley in 1927, Adrian Foley succeeded to his title at the age of three. He composed music for the films “Piccadilly Incident” (1946) and “Bond Street” (1947). He appeared in an episode of the American game show, “To Tell the Truth” in 1957.

In 1958, he met a wealthy American heiress, Patricia Meek, during a stage production of “Jane Eyre”, produced by Huntington Hartford in New York City. On the 23^rd December 1958, the couple married. They had two children: Alexandra Mary (b. 1960) and Thomas Henry (b. 1961), before divorcing in 1971. In 1972 he married another wealthy heiress, Ghislaine (née Dresselhuys; former wife of both the 6^th Earl of Caledon and the 4^th Baron Ashcombe), the only daughter of Dutch-born Long Island resident and former Consul of the Netherlands in London, Cornelius William Dresselhuys and Edith Merandon du Plessis. His second wife died in 2000. On the 15^th December 2003, he married his third wife, Hannah Steinberg.

Lord Foley enjoyed golf and maintained properties near to the golfing areas of the Andalusian region of Spain for several decades. He owned property in Belgravia, London and lived in retirement near Marbella until his death n the 12^th February 2012, aged 88.