Lyons, 1638–40, had a son by Louis XIII. This son or a descendant is stated to have left France and settled in England and changed his name to Folds. Elizabeth Foulis’ Will was proved at York on 14 September 1696. She died a spinster and there is nothing in her Will to suggest an illegitimate son by Louis XIII. In 1899 a petition to the Herald College for a Grant of Arms was made by an Eliza Ann Foulds, youngest daughter of Samuel Foulds (1780-1828), surgeon and apothecary of Sheffield, based on the family tradition of his descent from the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Foulis by Louis XIII. This was not proved to the satisfaction of the Herald College, however a Grant of Arms was made (71 130) and a compromise Coat of Arms was drawn up by the College, incorporating a fleur de lys, symbol of the French Court, bay leaves from the Foulis coat of arms and the White Rose of Yorkshire. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the eighth baronet, the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, on 7 October 1876 Through his grandson, the third baronet Foulis is an ancestor of actor Benedict Cumberbatch. References Attribution Year of birth missing 1642 deaths 17th-century Scottish people 16th-century Scottish people Baronets in the Baronetage of England Court of James VI and I Scottish knights Knights Bachelor Alumni of the University of Oxford Ambassadors of Scotland to England