William Foster (bishop)
William Foster, D.D. (3 July 1744 – November 1797) was a Church of Ireland bishop.
The younger son of
Bishop of Clogher (1796–1797).[2]
Family
He was the younger brother of John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel.
Foster 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
William Fane De Salis and John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley
.
One of his first cousins married Elizabeth Hervey, a.k.a. Lady Bess Foster, a.k.a. Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire.
References
- ^ Clogher clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p 21: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
- ^ Noteworthy Families. galton.org. Retrieved 18 January 2009.