John William Foster

For the Anglican dean, see John Foster (priest).

For other people named John Foster, see John Foster (disambiguation).

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

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". www.meath.org. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012.
2. Burke's Peerage
3. "FamilySearch.org". www.familysearch.org. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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". Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.

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