Background
FOSTER, Harry Seymour was born on April 29, 1855 in London. Son of Samuel Green Foster.
FOSTER, Harry Seymour was born on April 29, 1855 in London. Son of Samuel Green Foster.
Dane Hill House, Margate. City of London School. Chartered Accountant until 1886.
He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Suffolk, and in the Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London, where he was appointed a Sheriff of London for 1891. He was Consul-General of Persia from 1892 to 1923. He was elected at the 1892 general election as Member of Parliament for the Lowestoft division of Suffolk.
Foster"s return to the House of Commons was short, as Beauchamp retook the seat at the December 1910 election.
After his defeat in 1910, Foster did not stand again until the 1924 general election, when he was selected as the Conservative candidate to replace Sir Thomas Bramsdon in Portsmouth Central. He was a party in Foster v Driscoll 1 KB 470 involving a contract for the supply of whisky to the United States during the prohibition era.
The English courts refused to enforce the contract (even though governed by and lawful under English law), as its performance was unlawful under the law of the place of intended performance.
Unionist.
He was re-elected in 1895, but did not defend his seat at the general election in 1900.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Clubs: Carlton, City Carlton, Royal Automobile, Northumberland and Northern Counties, Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht.