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 in the south of County Donegal in Ulster. In 1608 he commanded troops in the suppression of O'Doherty's Rebellion and successfully captured or killed some of the rebels during the Siege of Tory Island. The Borough of Ballyshannon was incorporated in 1613.
He was created Baron Folliott, of Ballyshannon in the County of Donegal, in the Peerage of Ireland on 22 January 1620.
, County Donegal
He acquired salmon fisheries and over of land in County Donegal from Francis Gofton. His residence was Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward, Ballyshannon, County Donegal.
He married Anne Strode, daughter of Sir William Strode of Stoke-under-Hampden, Somerset, and had seven children:
His widow married secondly Robert Dillon, 2nd Earl of Roscommon, by whom she had further issue, including Carey Dillon, 5th Earl of Roscommon . She died c.1650.
