Family and Education
b. ?1781, 1st. s. of Rt. Rev. William Foster, bp. of Clogher, and Catherine, da. of Rev. Henry Leslie, LLD, of Ballibay, co. Monaghan. educ. Trinity, Dublin 1 Mar. 1797, aged 16; St. John’s, Camb. 1801; L. Inn 1800, called [I] 1803; to France 1802. m. 19 Aug. 1814, Letitia, da. of James Fitzgerald† of Inchicronan, co. Clare, 6s. 1da. suc. fa. 1797. d. 10 July 1842.
Offices Held
Commr. bd. of education [I] 1813, 1824, inquiry into fees of law courts [I] 1814 – 18, fisheries [I] 1819; king’s adv.-gen. ct. of admiralty [I] 1816; KC [I] 1816; second counsel to commrs. of revenue [I] 1818 – 28; counsel to commrs. of customs and port duties [I] 1819; bencher, King’s Inns 1819; bar. of ct. of exch. [I] 1830; j.c.p. [I] 1841.
FRS 1819.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Rathescar, co. Louth, [I] and 13 Merion Square, Dublin, [I] and 107 Pall Mall, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
FOSTER, John Leslie (?1781-1842)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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