The Lord Foley | |
|---|---|
 Foley in 1939 | |
| Member ot the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 3 April 1927 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 7th Baron Foley |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adrian Gerald Foley 9 August 1923 |
| Died | 12 February 2012 (aged 88) |
| Political party | Crossbench |
Adrian Gerald Foley, 8th Baron Foley of Kidderminster (9 August 1923 – 12 February 2012[1]), was a British hereditary peer, composer and pianist.
Upon the death of his father, Gerald Foley, 7th Baron Foley, in 1927, Foley succeeded to his title at the age of three. He wrote London I Cannot Leave You (1940) at the age of 17, having spent his childhood in Eastbourne. In 1942, he supported Britain's Soviet ally with the composition of the song, "Wishing You Well, Mr Stalin". He composed music for the films Piccadilly Incident (1946) and Bond Street (1947). He appeared on an episode of the American game show To Tell the Truth in 1957.
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- ^ "FOLEY - Death Announcements". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.