Nicholas Forster Explained

Nicholas Foster was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]

Foster was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was nominated Bishop of Killaloe on 7 October 1714;[3] and consecrated on 7 November that year. He was translated to Raphoe by letters patent on 8 June 1716. He died in office on 5 June 1743[4]

A fellow of Trinity College Dublin, he gave money to the College to establish the Bishop Forster Premium prizes for Divinity.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fryde . Edmund Boleslav . Greenway . D.E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British chronology . Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College . 1986 . 989682481 . 405.
  2. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell,G.D/Sadlier,T.U p300: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. Book: Moody . T.W. . Martin . F.X. . Byrne . F.J. . A New History of Ireland . 9 Maps, genealogies, lists . A Companion to Irish History, part 2 . Clarendon Press . 1984 . 0-19-821745-5 . 1152598744 . 409–411.
  4. Book: Cotton, Henry . Fasti ecclesiae hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the cathedral bodies in Ireland . 3: The province of Ulster . 1849 . Hodges and Smith . London . 354–356.

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