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Vice-Admiral Francis John Foley, Royal Navy (2 December, 1855 – 5 March, 1911) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

He was appointed to the sloop Basilisk on 12 August, 1893.^[1]

Foley was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1895.^[2]

He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII on 24 May, 1905, vice Chisholm-Batten.^[3]

Foley was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 July, 1906.^[4]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 3 January, 1911, vice Graham.^[5]

His only son, Lieutenant Thomas Algernon Fitzgerald Foley of the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, was killed in action on 25 October, 1914.^[6]

↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 12 August, 1893. Issue 34028, col B, pg. 12.
↑ London Gazette: no. 26694. p. 7532. 31 December, 1895.
↑ London Gazette: no. 27807. p. 4254. 16 June, 1905.
↑ London Gazette: no. 27928. p. 4554. 3 July, 1906.
↑ London Gazette: no. 28454. p. 127. 6 January, 1911.
↑ "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Sunday, 1 November, 1914. Issue 40683, col B, pg. 4.

"Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 6 March, 1911. Issue 39525, col E, pg. 11.

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 He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 3 January, 1911, vice [[Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham|Graham]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28454/pages/127 no. 28454.  p. 127.]  6 January, 1911.</ref>
+His only son, Lieutenant Thomas Algernon Fitzgerald Foley of the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, was killed in action on 25 October, 1914.<ref>"Deaths" (Deaths).  ''The Times''.  Sunday, 1 November, 1914.  Issue '''40683''', col B, pg. 4.</ref>
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