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Foster, John Leslie. Incorp. B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, 1801. Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 7, 1801. S. and h. of William, D.D., Bishop of Clogher [and Catherine Letitia, dau. of Henry Leslie, LL.D.]. B. in Ireland. Adm. at Trinity College, Dublin, Mar. 1, 1797, age 16; LL.B. (Dubl.) 1805 and LL.D. 1810. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Mar. 13, 1800. Called to the Irish Bar, 1803. F.R.S., 1819. M.P. for Trinity College, Dublin, May 13, 1807-12. K.C. Commissioner of the Board of Education in Ireland, and of the Irish fisheries. Secretary to Chancellor of Exchequer in Ireland in 1808 and 1811. M.P. for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Mar. 4, 1816; re-elected, July 3, 1816, on appointment as Advocate-General in Ireland, and again on May 1, 1818, on appointment as Counsel to the Commissioners of Ireland. M.P. for City of Armagh, 1818-20; for County Louth, 1826-30. Appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, July 13, 1830. Transferred to the Court of Common Pleas, 1841. Spoke against Catholic Emancipation in the House of Commons, 1812 and 1817, but voted for Catholic Emancipation in 1829. Married Letitia, youngest dau. of the Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald. Author, Essays on the principles of commercial exchanges particularly between England and Ireland, 1804; etc. Died July 10, 1842, while holding the summer Assizes at Cavan. Brother of William H. (1818). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 25; D.N.B.; Smyth, Chron. of Law Officers of Ireland.) | John Leslie FOSTER Approx. lifespan: 17801842 Sch: Incorp. BA from Trinity College, Dublin 1801 Fell.-Com. St John's College adm1801:02:07 s. and h. of William Foster, DD, Bishop of: Clogher, [XXX] [and Catherine Letitia LESLIE dau. of Henry LESLIE LLD b. Ireland Sch: Adm. At Trinity College, Dublin 1797:03:01 aged 16; LLB Dubl. 1805 and LLD 1810 Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1800:03:13 Called to the Irish Bar 1803 FRS 1819 M.P. for: : Trinity College, Dublin 1807-12:05:13 KC Commissioner of: : Board of Education in Ireland , and of the Irish fisheries. Sec. to: : Chancellor of the Exchequer: Ireland in1808, and 1811 M.P. for: : Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 1816:03:04 re-elected 1816:07:03, on appointment as Advocate-General in: : Ireland , and again on 1818:05:01, on appointment as Counsel to: : Commissioners of Ireland M.P. for City of: Armagh, [ Co. Armagh ] 1818-20 for Co. Louth 1826-30 Appointed a Baron of the Exchequer Ireland 1830:07:13 Transferred to Court of Common Pleas 1841 Spoke against Catholic Emancipation in House of Commons 1812, and 1817, but voted for Catholic Emancipation in1829 m. Letitia, youngest dau. of the Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald. Publ.: Essays on the principles of commercial exchanges particularly between England and Ireland 1804; etc. d. 1842:07:10 while holding the summer Assizes Cavan, [ Co. Cavan ] brother of William H. FOSTER (1818) ( St John's College Adm., IV. 25; D.N.B. ; Smyth, Chron. of Law Officers of Ireland. ) |