John Leslie Foster
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John Leslie Foster, FRS was an Irish
Tory
Member of Parliament
(MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament.
The son of Lord Bishop Foster (1744-1797)
, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge
and St John's College, Cambridge
. He represented Dublin University from 1807 to 1812, having first contested the seat in 1806. From 1816 to 1818 he was member for Yarmouth
, a rotten borough on the Isle of Wight
which could be relied upon to return government nominees.
In the 1818 general election
, he was elected for both Lisburn
and Armagh City
. He chose to sit for the latter constituency and served from 1818 to 1820.
From 1824 to 1830 he was the MP for County Louth
, and from 1825 was a director of the Drogheda Steam Packet Company
.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
Tory
Tory
Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament.
The son of Lord Bishop Foster (1744-1797)
William Foster (bishop)
William Foster, D.D. was a Church of Ireland bishop.The younger son of Anthony Foster he was chaplain to the Irish House of Commons . Then successively Bishop of Cork and Ross , Bishop of Kilmore and Bishop of Clogher.-Family:He married Catharina-Letitia daughter of Rev. Dr...
, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
and St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
. He represented Dublin University from 1807 to 1812, having first contested the seat in 1806. From 1816 to 1818 he was member for Yarmouth
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)
Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
, a rotten borough on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
which could be relied upon to return government nominees.
In the 1818 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1818
The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...
, he was elected for both Lisburn
Lisburn (UK Parliament constituency)
Lisburn was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:...
and Armagh City
Armagh City (UK Parliament constituency)
Armagh City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland.-Boundaries:This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Armagh in County Armagh...
. He chose to sit for the latter constituency and served from 1818 to 1820.
From 1824 to 1830 he was the MP for County Louth
County Louth (UK Parliament constituency)
County Louth, otherwise known as Louth County or Louth, is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
, and from 1825 was a director of the Drogheda Steam Packet Company
Drogheda Steam Packet Company
The Drogheda Steam Packet Company was founded in 1826 as the Drogheda Paddle Steamship Co. It provided shipping services between Drogheda and Liverpool from 1825 to 1902, in which year it was taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.-History:...
.