Family and Education
b. ?1781, 1st s. of Rt. Rev. William Foster, bp. of Clogher, by 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, issue. suc. fa. 1797.
Offices Held
Commr. bd. of education [I] 1813, inquiry into fees of law courts [I] 1814 – 18; King’s adv.-gen. ct. of Admiralty [I] 1816; KC [I] 1816; second counsel to commrs. of revenue [I] Apr. 1818 – Jan. 1828; bencher, King’s Inn 1819; baron of ct. of exchequer [I] July 1830; j.c.p. [I] 1841.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Collon, co. Louth, [I].
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
FOSTER, John Leslie (?1781-1842)
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Oxford 1644
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