Philip Foster (British politician)

Philip Foster
Major; Philip Foster
High Sheriff of Sussex
	In office; 20 March 1931 – March 1932
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Ronald Olaf Hambro
Succeeded by	Desmond Beale-Browne
Member of Parliament ; for Stratford-on-Avon
	In office; 4 May 1909 – 14 December 1918
Preceded by	Thomas Kincaid-Smith
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
	In office; 25 June 1901 – 12 January 1906
Preceded by	Victor Milward
Succeeded by	Thomas Kincaid-Smith
Personal details
Born	11 July 1865
Died	5 March 1933 (aged 67)
Citizenship	British
Political party	Conservative
Children	3
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford

Philip Staveley Foster (11 July 1865 – 5 March 1933) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Early life

Foster was the only son of Abraham Briggs Foster, chairman of the alpaca and mohair spinning firm of John Foster and Son of Black Dyke Mills, Queensbury, near Bradford. The firm had been founded by Philip's great-grandfather. He went to Eton College in 1879 and Magdalen College, Oxford in 1884, leaving with a degree three years later.

In the late 1880s he held a commission in the 6th West Yorkshire Militia, and from 1890 in the Staffordshire Yeomanry, where he was promoted to Major in 1900.

Parliamentary career

After running unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1899 in a by-election to the Elland seat in West Yorkshire, he was elected for the constituency of Stratford-on-Avon in a by-election in June 1901,[1] a seat he held until the election of 1906. Re-elected in 1909, he held the seat until its abolition in 1918.

Public life

He became a director and later, a firm chairman of the family firm John Foster and Sons. He was also chairman of the Air League, and chairman of the Midland Automobile Club. A keen angler and farmer, he became High Sheriff of Sussex for 1931.[2]

Family

Foster married, in 1890, Louisa Frances Wemyss, daughter of Colonel Wemyss. They had three children. He bought a house in Old Buckhurst, Withyham, where he died in 1933 aged 67.

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References

"No. 27323". The London Gazette. 28 June 1901. p. 4331.
"No. 33700". The London Gazette. 20 March 1931. p. 1878.

Obituary, "Mr. P. S. Foster", The Times, 5 March 1933.
Hansard - Contributions by Philip Foster in the House of Commons

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Philip Foster

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Victor Milward	Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon 1901–1906	Succeeded by Thomas Kincaid-Smith
Preceded by Thomas Kincaid-Smith	Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon 1909–1918	Constituency abolished
Honorary titles
Preceded by Ronald Olaf Hambro	High Sheriff of Sussex 1831 – 1832	Succeeded by Desmond Beale-Browne

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[1] "No. 27323". The London Gazette. 28 June 1901. p. 4331.

[2] "No. 33700". The London Gazette. 20 March 1931. p. 1878.