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Anthony Foster (1705 – April 1779), of Collon, Co Louth, was an Anglo-Irish politician and judge. He was the son of John Foster of Dunleer and Elizabeth Fortesque. He was Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer 1766-1777. Prior to appointment to the Bench he represented Dunleer in the Irish House of Commons from 1738 to 1761 and subsequently Louth from 1761 to 1767.〔Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' John Murray London 1926 Vol.2 p.213〕 He attended the school in Dublin run by Thomas Sheridan, the friend of Jonathan Swift and grandfather of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.〔Ball p.214〕 He matriculated from the University of Dublin in 1722 and took his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1726. He entered Middle Temple in 1726 and was called to the Irish Bar in 1732.〔 He became King's Counsel in 1760 and acted as counsel to the Board of Revenue; unlike many of his judicial colleagues he was never a Law Officer or Serjeant-at-law. As a member of Parliament he worked tirelessly to promote the interests of the manufacturers of Irish linen ;〔Ball p.161〕 there is no reason to doubt the sincerity of his belief in this cause, although Ball rather cynically notes that it brought him rich rewards, including a gold box. As an orator (which was a much-prized skill among the Irish public figures of his time) he was badly thought of, being described as "slow. sleepy and charmless".〔 He married firstly Elizabeth Burgh, daughter of William Burgh〔 in 1736; she died in 1744. They had three children: * John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel.〔 * William Foster, successively Bishop of Cork and Ross, Bishop of Kilmore and Bishop of Clogher. * Margaret Foster who married Henry Maxwell, successively Dean of Kilmore, Bishop of Dromore and Bishop of Meath. He married secondly Elizabeth's cousin Dorothea Burgh, daughter of the celebrated architect Thomas de Burgh in 1749.〔Burke's Peerage, see Massereene and Ferrard〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Foster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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