ordered to bear his costs. The crucial issue had been when Foster became a candidate; if the court had found that he was adopted earlier, then his expenses in promoting the Conservative Party in Lancaster before June 1895 should have been included in his election return, although his agent said that this would not have pushed his total expenditure over the limit of £1,400. Foster held the Lancaster seat until his defeat at the 1900 general election by the narrow margin of 44 votes (0.4% of the total). He stood again in 1906, but was defeated again, this time by a wider margin of 884 votes (7.2%). Family In 1879 Foster married Henrietta, the daughter of Canon J.H. Warneford of Warneford Place in Wiltshire and All Saints Vicarage in Halifax. Foster died on 27 March 1908, aged 60. His funeral was held in Hornby, and a special train brought the Lord Mayor and other local dignitaries from Bradford. The funeral was also attended by Lancaster's MP Norval Helme, and its Lord Mayor. Over 200 wreaths were sent. References External links 1848 births 1908 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1895–1900 Politics of Lancaster High Sheriffs of Lancashire Deputy Lieutenants of the West Riding of Yorkshire British textile industry businesspeople West Yorkshire Yeomanry officers People from Queensbury, West Yorkshire 19th-century English businesspeople