Family and Education
b. 4 Dec. 1780,Two Duchesses ed. V. Foster, 153. Baron d’Armfeldt claimed in 1808 to be Foster’s father, Canning and his Friends , i. 302. 2nd s. of John Thomas Foster, MP [I], of Dunleer, co. Louth by Lady Elizabeth Hervey, da. of Frederick Augustus, 4th Earl of Bristol; bro. of Frederick Thomas Hervey Foster. educ. Drogheda; Christ Church, Oxf. 1798; Weimar mil. acad. 1799. m. 18 Mar. 1815, Albinia Jane, da. of Hon. George Vere Hobart, 2nd s. of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire, 3s. cr. Bt. 30 Sept. 1831.
Offices Held
Cornet, R. Horse Gds. 1797, lt. 1799, ret. 1802.
Sec. of legation to USA 1804 – 08, to Sweden 1808 – 10, chargé d’affaires 1808, 1809 – 10; minister to USA 1811 – 12, to Denmark 1814 – 24, to Sardinia 1825 – 40; PC 28 Mar. 1822.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Killarney, co. Kerry, [I].
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
FOSTER, Augustus John (1780-1848)
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