John Leslie Foster, FRS (c. 1781 – 10 July 1842) was an Irish Tory Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament.
The son of Lord Bishop Foster (1744-1797), he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] He represented Dublin University from 1807 to 1812, having first contested the seat in 1806. From 1816 to 1818 he was member for Yarmouth, a rotten borough on the Isle of Wight which could be relied upon to return government nominees.
In the 1818 general election, he was elected for both Lisburn and Armagh City. He chose to sit for the latter constituency and served from 1818 to 1820.
From 1824 to 1830 he was the MP for County Louth, and from 1825 was a director of the Drogheda Steam Packet Company.
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| Preceded by George Knox |
Member of Parliament for Dublin University 1807 – 1812 |
Succeeded by William Conyngham Plunket |
| Preceded by Richard Wellesley and Sir Henry Montgomery, 1st Baronet |
Member of Parliament for Yarmouth 1816 – 1818 With: Richard Wellesley to 1817 Alexander Maconochie 1817–1818 John Singleton Copley 1818 |
Succeeded by William Mount and John Taylor |
| Preceded by Daniel Webb Webber |
Member of Parliament for Armagh City 1818 – 1820 |
Succeeded by William Stuart |
| Preceded by Thomas Skeffington and John Jocelyn |
Member of Parliament for Louth 1824 – 1830 With: John Jocelyn to 1826 Alexander Dawson from 1826 |
Succeeded by John McClintock and Alexander Dawson |