Rev. Thomas Foster , DD, rector of Dunlier. m. 1740 Dorothy, dau. of William Burgh, Esq., of Birt, Co. Kildare, and was s. by his son, John Thomas Foster, Esq., of Dunlier, sometime M. P., who m. 2d April, 1776, Lady Elizabeth Hervy, dau. of Fredrick Augustus, fourth Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry, by whom (who m., after his decease, William, fifth Duke of Devonshire, and d. in 1824) he had issue: Fredrick Thomas, b. Oct. 2, 1777, M. P. ; Augustus John. Mr. Foster d. in 1795. His second son, the Rieht Hon. Augustus John Foster, P. C. , G. C. H., b. December, 17S0, was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States 1812, and subsequently to Sweden, Denmark and Sardinia. He was created a baronet 30th September, 1831; he m. iSth March, 1815, Albina Jane, dau. of the Hon. George Vere Hobart, second son of George, third Earl of Buckinghamshire, and by her (who d. 28th May, 1867) had: Fredrick George, second bart. ; Cavendish Hervey, present bart; Vere Henry Louis, b. 25th April, 1819; Sir Augustus John, d. Aug. I, 1848, and was s. by his eldest son. ii. Sir Fredrick George, who was b. 3d Jan- uary, 1816, and d. unm. 25th December, 1857.
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