John Foster (1798-1879)

John Foster (1798-1879), founder of John Foster and Son

Born the son of a colliery owner and farmer in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

1819 Married Ruth Briggs, daughter of a landowner from Queensbury,

1819 Set up in business the same year in a warehouse in Queensbury on what would later be the site of the Black Dyke Mills. He would buy yarn and distribute it to handloom weavers who would sell back the finished cloth.

ca.1821 B1rth of son William Foster

1827 Built Prospect House

1835 Erected the first part of Black Dyke Mills on land acquired from his father-in-law.

1870s Bought and renovated Hornby Castle, Lancashire

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