Christopher Foster (other)

	Christopher Foster (other) Christopher Foster may refer to: * Christopher Foster (cricketer) (1904–1971), English cricketer * Christopher Foster (economist) (1930–2022), English academic * Christopher Foster (bishop) Christopher Richard James Foster (born 7 November 1953) is a retired Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Portsmouth in the Church of England from 2010 to 2021. Early life Foster was born on 7 November 1953. He was educated at Durham Univers ... (born 1953), Bishop of Portsmouth * For the Shropshire, England arsonist and murderer, see Osbaston House deaths See also * Chris Foster (other) {{hndis, Foster, Christopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christopher Foster (cricketer) Christopher Knollys Foster (27 September 1904 – 4 December 1971) was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in 1927. Biography The son of Henry Foster, one of the Foster brothers that dominated Worcestershire cricket in the early years of the 20th century, Christopher Foster was born in Herefordshire in 1904. In 1926, before making his first-class debut, he played two matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Ireland in Belfast and Dublin.Other matches played by Christopher Foster at CricketArchive He played three first-class matches in 1927, two County Championship mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christopher Foster (economist) Sir Christopher David Foster (30 October 1930 – 18 February 2022) was a British academic at the University of Oxford and MIT, a professor of economics at the London School of Economics, a consultant at Coopers & Lybrand and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a temporary civil servant. Biography Foster was born in London on 30 October 1930. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood and King's College, Cambridge, where he read History and Economics. Afterwards, he spent a year as a Harkness fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, before embarking on a career as an economics don at the University of Manchester and Jesus College, Oxford, where he led a team studying urban transport problems at the Oxford Institute of Economics and Statistics. In 1970 he moved to the LSE, eventually rising to become Professor of Urban Studies and Economics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christopher Foster (bishop) Christopher Richard James Foster (born 7 November 1953) is a retired Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Portsmouth in the Church of England from 2010 to 2021. Early life Foster was born on 7 November 1953. He was educated at Durham University where he held the position of Chapel Clerk at University College. He studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge. Career Foster was made a deacon on St Peter's Day (29 June) 1980 and ordained a priest the following Petertide (28 June 1981) – both times by Kenneth Skelton, Bishop of Lichfield, at Lichfield Cathedral – and began his ordained ministry with a curacy in Tettenhall Regis in Wolverhampton, after which he became chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford. Following this he was vicar of Christ Church Southgate and finally a canon residentiary and sub-dean at St Albans Cathedral. On 21 October 2001, he was consecrated a bishop by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral, to serve the Diocese of St A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maesbrook Maesbrook is a village in Shropshire, England. Maesbury and Maesbury Marsh are about a mile north of Maesbrook. Pant is also nearby, just north of Llanymynech. It lies between the villages of Llanymynech and Knockin, south of the town of Oswestry. The A5 road is nearby, as is the border with Wales. History Railway Maesbrook railway station was on the defunct Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway. A branch line running from Shrewsbury, England to Llanymynech, Wales. It opened in 1911, becoming one of the Colonel Stephens Railways. In 1933 passenger services were suspended. The railway was taken over by the War Department at the outbreak of World War II when a top-secret armaments storage centre was built at Kinnerley. The line remained in military ownership until it was closed in 1960Notes on wartime role Osbaston House killings In August 2008 the village came to national prominence after multi-millionaire businessman Christopher Foster shot dead his family before killing hims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]