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     Sir Alfred Thomas, 1st and last Baron Pontypridd was born on 16 September 1840 at Llwyngrant, Penylan, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.¹ He was the son of Daniel Thomas.¹ He died on 14 December 1927 at age 87, unmarried.¹
     Sir Alfred Thomas, 1st and last Baron Pontypridd was educated at Penygroes Llanedarne School, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.¹ He was educated at Weston School, Bath, Somerset, England.¹ He was a contrator and owner of a lime works, and assisted i the construction of the Rhondda Fach branch of the Taff Vale Railway.¹ He held the office of Mayor of Cardiff in 1881.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for East Glamorganshire between 1885 and 1911.¹ He was chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Party between 1897 and 1910.¹ He was the President between 1901 and 1906 at University College, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.¹ He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in 1902.¹ He was created 1st Baron Pontypridd, of Cardiff, co. Glamorgan [U.K.] on 8 February 1912.¹

     
     Daniel Thomas lived at Llwyngrant, Penylan, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.¹

     Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts-Foley was born on 9 December 1828.¹ He was the son of John Hodgetts Hodgetts-Foley and Charlotte Margaret Gage.¹ He married Hon. Jane Frances Anne Vivian, daughter of Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, on 12 December 1845.¹ He died on 23 April 1894 at age 65.¹

     Hon. Jane Frances Anne Vivian was the daughter of Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian.¹ She married Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts-Foley, son of John Hodgetts Hodgetts-Foley and Charlotte Margaret Gage, on 12 December 1845.¹ She died on 2 December 1860.¹
     From 12 December 1845, her married name became Hodgetts-Foley.¹

     Paul Henry Hodgetts-Foley was born on 19 March 1857.¹ He was the son of Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts-Foley and Hon. Jane Frances Anne Vivian.¹ He married Dora Langley, daughter of Hamilton William Langley, on 9 February 1904.¹ He died on 21 January 1928 at age 70.¹

     Dora Langley was the daughter of Hamilton William Langley.¹ She married Paul Henry Hodgetts-Foley, son of Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts-Foley and Hon. Jane Frances Anne Vivian, on 9 February 1904.¹ She died on 2 November 1959.¹
     From 9 February 1904, her married name became Hodgetts-Foley.¹

     Major Henry Thomas Hamilton Foley was born on 25 April 1905.¹ He was the son of Paul Henry Hodgetts-Foley and Dora Langley.¹ He married Helen Constance Margaret Pearson, daughter of Sir Robert Barclay Pearson, on 24 June 1936.¹ He died on 13 December 1959 at age 54.¹

     Helen Constance Margaret Pearson was the daughter of Sir Robert Barclay Pearson.¹ She married Major Henry Thomas Hamilton Foley, son of Paul Henry Hodgetts-Foley and Dora Langley, on 24 June 1936.¹ She died in 1985.¹
     From 24 June 1936, her married name became Foley.¹