John William Foster (1745 – January 1809), of Rosy Park, was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...

volunteer and politician. He was the grandson of

John Foster of Dunleer John Foster of Dunleer (born 1665-died 16 May 1747) was elected member to the Irish House of Commons for the constituency of ''Dunleer'', in County Louth. He formerly held the position of Mayor of Dunleer Corporation. He was the son of Colonel An ...

, MP for Dunleer and Elizabeth, née Fortescue.Burke's Peerage Foster was appointed

High Sheriff of Louth The High Sheriff of Louth was the Crown's representative for County Louth, a territory known as his bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, he held his office for the duration of a year. He had judicial, ceremonial and administrative func ...

for 1776 and then elected member to the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

for

Dunleer Dunleer () is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland. Dunleer is situated midway between Dundalk and Drogheda and is located on the junction of the R132, R169 and R170 regional roads that intersect the town. Dunleer used to be the p ...

in 1783 and held this seat until 1790. His parents were William Foster and Patience Fowke who married in 1743. Foster married 1788, Rebecca (b.c. 1764 d. 1853) only child of Hamilton McClure,. Esq., of Dublin, and died 1809. He was ancestor of the Foster family of

Ballymascanlon Ballymascanlan (), otherwise Ballymascanlon, is a small village and townland in County Louth, Ireland, situated 4 km north-east of Dundalk on the Cooley Peninsula, on the road to Carlingford. Locale The townland runs down to the coast, a ...

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1745 births 1809 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Louth constituencies Politicians from County Louth High Sheriffs of County Louth {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub