He succeeded to the title Baron Folliott and to extensive Irish estates on the death in 1697 of his father Thomas Folliott of Ferney Hall, Onibury, Ludlow, Shropshire and Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward, County Donegal.
Upon his father Thomas Folliott's passing in 1697, he took over the title Baron Folliott and inherited significant Irish estates at Ferney Hall, Onibury, Ludlow, Shropshire, Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward, County Donegal.