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Herbert Fraser Foster

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Herbert Fraser Foster (1864-1925) of H. F. Foster and Co

Born at Madras the son of John Alleyne Foster and his wife Frances Siddall

1893 Patent Herbert Fraser Foster, 64, Cornwall-road, Westbourne Park, London. 4910. An improvement in electric switches.

1894 AMICE Victoria Mansions, 28 Victoria Street, London

1900 Patent. 'Patent application 20,411 Mr Herbert Fraser Foster, 9 Norman Terrace, Dover “Improvements in compensating flexible couplings'

1902 Married at Dorchester to May Janet Brown

1903 Electrical Engineer to Epsom UDC – resigned 15/8/1909

1903 Patent Herbert Fraser Foster, Turnlee, Laburnam Road, Epsom. 17179. Improvements relating to electric railway systems .

1911 Living at Parade Gardens House, The Parade, Epsom: Herbert Fraser Foster (age 40 born India), Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Consulting Engineer. With his wife May Janet, his mother Frances, and two sons.[1]

1913 Patent IMPROVEMENTS IN CONTROLLING DYNAMO - ELECTRIC MACHINES RUNNING AT VARIABLE SPEEDS, Herbert Fraser Foster, of Stanley House , West Hill Epsom, Surrey , and Alfred William Sharpe Pocklington of 47 York Street , Westminster .

1916 Burial Epsom Cemetery Frances Foster, 82, Stanley House West Street, Epsom. 21 October 1916, Plot 324

1917 Patent HERBERT FRASER FOSTER, Epsom , England . Filed Sept. 13 , 1917. Serial No. 191,157 . ( Cl . 279-1 . ) 1,281,775 . METHOD OF HEATING COKE - OVENS .

1925 Burial Epsom Cemetery Herbert Fraser Foster, Engineer, 60, St Anthony's Hospital, Cheam, 17 October, 1925, Plot F324


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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 Census