Harry Foster (politician)

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Foster caricatured by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1891

Sir Harry Seymour Foster (29 April 1855 - 20 June 1938)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for three non-consecutive periods between 1892 and 1929.

He was the second son of Samuel Green Foster of London.

He was a

Sheriff of London for 1891. He was Consul-General of Persia from 1892 to 1923.[2]

Pictured in Suffolk Celebrities, 1893

He was elected at the

Edward Beauchamp, the Liberal who had won it in 1906. Foster's return to the House of Commons was short, as Beauchamp retook the seat at the December 1910 election.[3]

After his defeat in 1910, Foster did not stand again until the 1924 general election, when he was selected as the Conservative candidate to replace Sir Thomas Bramsdon in Portsmouth Central. He won the seat, but stood down from Parliament at the 1929 general election.[4]

He was a party in

US during the prohibition era. The English courts refused to enforce the contract (even though governed by and lawful under English law), as its performance was unlawful under the law of the place of intended performance.[5]

He married Amy, the daughter of John Sparks of Eastbourne and had 3 sons and 3 daughters.[2]

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Fox-Davies, arthur. Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. p. 504.
  3. ISBN 0-900178-27-2
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  4. ISBN 0-900178-06-X
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  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lowestoft
1892–1900 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Edward Beauchamp
 Member of Parliament for Lowestoft
January 1910 – December 1910 		Succeeded by
Sir Edward Beauchamp
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Portsmouth Central
1924–1929 		Succeeded by


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