Herbert Anderton Foster
Herbert Anderton Foster (c1854-1930) of John Foster and Son
Born the son of William Foster
1907 Married at Westminster to Frances Edith Agnes Brudenell Bruce
1881 Living at Hornby Castle: William Foster (age 60 born Clayton), J.P., High Sheriff for Lancashire, Farmer 205 acres employing 20 men, Worsted Spinner and Manufacturer master employing 2,100 work people. With his son Herbert A. Foster (age 28 born Bradford), Worsted Spinner and Manufacturer.[1]
1911 Living at Littlemoor, Queensbury, Bradford: Herbert Anderton Foster (age 57 born Bradford), Alpaca Mohair Spinner Manufacturer. With his wife and their son Robert Frederick Bludenell Foster (age 2 born Queensbury).[2]
1922 Colonel, T.D., J.P., General Engineer, Littlemoor, Queensbury. T. A.: " Herbert Foster, Queensbury." T. N.: 14 Thornton. b. 1853; s. of William Foster of Harrowins, Queensbury, and Hornby Castle, Lancaster; m. 1907, d. of Lord Robert Brudenell Bruce. Managing Director, John Foster and Son, Ltd. Alderman, West Riding County Council; Chairman of Manufacturing Pollutions Committee Rivers Board; Ex-President, Bradford Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Carlton and Royal Yacht Squadron. War Services.— Superintended making of gaine bodies, hammers, lathes, mine sinker parts, breech mechanisms, aeroplane wings, tails and elevators, engine bearers, etc.
1930 Obituary [3]
HERBERT ANDERTON FOSTER was for a period of fifty years closely connected with the firm of Messrs. John Foster and Son, Blackdyke Mills, Queensbury, which was founded by his grandfather in 1819 when hand-loom weavers were employed.
Mr. Foster served in every department before he became a senior director, and in 1922 he became chairman of the company and held that position until shortly before his death.
In 1886 he joined the 2nd West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, attaining the rank of Honorary Colonel in 1897, and was awarded the Territorial Force decoration. He had a lengthy and active association with public affairs in Yorkshire.
He became a Member of the Institution in 1889, and died at the age of 76 on 17th January 1930.
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- ↑ 1881 Census
- ↑ 1911 Census
- ↑ 1930 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries