John William Foster

John William Foster (1745 – January 1809), of Rosy Park, was an Anglo-Irish volunteer[1] and politician.

For the Anglican dean, see John Foster (priest).
For other people named John Foster, see John Foster (disambiguation).

He was the grandson of John Foster of Dunleer, MP for Dunleer and Elizabeth, née Fortescue.[2] Foster was appointed High Sheriff of Louth for 1776 and then elected member to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1783 and held this seat until 1790. His parents were William Foster and Patience Fowke who married in 1743.[3]

Foster married 1788, Rebecca (b.c. 1764 d. 1853)[4] only child of Hamilton McClure,. Esq., of Dublin, and died 1809.[5]

He was ancestor of the Foster family of Ballymascanlon.[2]

References
  1. History of Freemasonry in Meath - Larry Conlon Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Burke's Peerage
  3. https://familysearch.org/search/tree/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AWilliam~%20%2Bsurname%3AFoster~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3APatience~%20%2Bspouse_surname%3AFowke~
  4. Journal of Henry McClintock, Padraig O'Neill (ed.), (Dundalk, 2001)
  5. The grave of the tallest man - MacPhail 156 (18): 324 - Notes and Queries
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
John Thomas Foster
William Thomas Monsell		 Member of Parliament for Dunleer
1783–1790
With: Henry Coddington		 Succeeded by
Nicholas Coddington
John Foster


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