Lt Col Frank Wigram Foley, DSO, CB, CBE

Lt.-Col. Frank Wigram Foley

• Born on 24 June 1865.
• Son of Captain Edward Foley and Elizabeth Fanny Cuming.
• Married Eva Mary FitzHardinge Milman, Baroness Berkeley, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Gustavus Hamilton Lockwood Milman and Louisa Mary Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley, on 5 August 1903.
• Died on 7 October 1949 at age 84.
• Fought in the Boer War.
• Gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
• Held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Surrey.
• Decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1901.
• Fought in the First World War, where he was severely wounded.
• Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel of the 5th Service Battalion in 1914.
• Gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
• Invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1919 and as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.). Children of Lt.-Col. Frank Wigram Foley and Eva Mary FitzHardinge Milman, Baroness Berkeley
• Mary Lalle Foley-Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley b. 9 Oct 1905, d. 17 Oct 1992
• Hon. Cynthia Ella Foley b. 31 Jan 1909, d. 1991