Foot Onslow

Summary

Foot or Foote Onslow was a British merchant and member of Parliament. An unsuccessful Turkey merchant in his early years, family influence helped bring him into Parliament for Guildford from 1689 to 1700. After a bitterly contested election in 1698, he left Parliament so that he could retain office as a commissioner of excise. Unsuccessful in his financial affairs, he died in 1710 in reduced circumstances.