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William FOSTER (1744 - 1797)
Lord bishop
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Henrietta FOSTER (1790 - 1856)
William FOSTER (1744 - 1797)

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Catherine Letitia LESLIE ( - 1814)




























William FOSTER Catherine Letitia LESLIE

William FOSTER
William FOSTER Catherine Letitia LESLIE William FOSTER
b. 03 Jul 1744
+. Catherine Letitia LESLIE ( - 1814)
d. Nov 1797 aged 53
Near Relatives of William FOSTER (1744 - 1797)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Self William FOSTER 03 Jul 1744 Nov 1797 53

Spouse/Partner Catherine Letitia LESLIE 23 Nov 1814

Daughter Henrietta FOSTER abt 1790 27 Oct 1856 66

Son in Law Jerome Hieronimus Fane DE SALIS 14 Feb 1771 Chiavenna, Italy 02 Oct 1836 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England 65

Granddaughter Sophia Juliana DE SALIS 1806 05 Jul 1886 80
Grandson Rodolph Johannes Leslie Joseph Hibernicus DE SALIS 09 May 1811 Dublin, Ireland 13 Mar 1880 Hillingdon, Middlesex, England 68
Grandson William Andrew Andreas Salius Fane DE SALIS 22 Oct 1812 Marylebone, London, England 03 Aug 1896 Uxbridge, Middlesex, England 83
Granddaughter Catherine (Nina) Barbara DE SALIS May 1814 Dublin, Ireland 20 Feb 1869 St George Hanover Square, London, England 54
Grandson Leopold Fabius Dietagarus Fane DE SALIS 26 Apr 1816 Florence, Italy 20 Nov 1898 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 82
Granddaughter Henrietta Maria Felicitas DE SALIS Nov 1817 Paris, France
Grandson John Henry Anthony Hubert Gubertus DE SALIS 10 Dec 1818 Paris, France 11 Feb 1894 75
Grandson Charles Lewis Maximilian Fane DE SALIS 04 Nov 1821 Valteline, Switzerland 25 Jun 1845 Pimlico, England 23
Granddaughter Henrietta (Hadie) Emma Helena DE SALIS 02 May 1824 Bath, Somerset, England 16 Aug 1863 Surrey, England 39
Grandson Henry Jerome Augustine Fane DE SALIS 16 Feb 1828 Pisa, Italy 18 Feb 1915 Virgina Water, Berkshire, England 87

Events in William FOSTER (1744 - 1797)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
03 Jul 1744 William FOSTER was born
abt 1790 46 Birth of daughter Henrietta FOSTER
Nov 1797 53 William FOSTER died
Personal Notes:
chaplain to the Irish House of Commons (1780-89), and then variously Bishop of Cork and Ross; Kilmore; and of Clogher. Brother of John Foster, of Collon, county Louth, Baron Oriel, and last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.

William Foster, D.D. (3 July 1744-November 1797)[1] was a Church of Ireland bishop.

The younger son of Anthony Foster he was chaplain to the Irish House of Commons (1780-89). Then successively Bishop of Cork and Ross (1789–1790), Bishop of Kilmore and Bishop of Clogher.[2]
Family

He married Catharina-Letitia (died 23 November 1814) daughter of Rev. Dr. Henry Leslie (1719-1803), LLD, of Ballibay, co. Monaghan. (Leslie, a scion of the family of the Earl of Rothes, was Prebend of Tullycorbet and then of Tandragee. His father, Rev. Peter Leslie, was rector of Ahoghill, and had married Jane, daughter of Rt. Rev. Dr. (Anthony) Dopping, Bishop of Meath).

He was younger brother of John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel and John Leslie Foster was his son. He was father-in-law of Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio. He was grandfather of Sir William Foster Stawell, William Fane De Salis and John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley.

One of his first cousins married Elizabeth Hervey, aka Lady Bess Foster, aka Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire.

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