Patrick James Foley

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Patrick James Foley (1836–28 June 1914) was an Irish politician and Member of Parliament for Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency) from 1892 to 1895.

Son of Patrick Foley, of Sligo, he was educated at Catholic schools in Prescot and Leeds.

In 1864 he founded the Pearl Life Assurance Loan and Investment Company Ltd, renamed the Pearl Life Assurance Company in 1874. He was also chairman of the Industrial Assurances Protection Association.

He married, in 1862, a daughter of John Lawrence, of Liverpool.

There is a statue to Foley on the front of the Pearl Chambers building on the Headrow in Leeds.[1]