Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905 (genealogist)
Dates
- Existence: 1844 - 1905
Biography
Joseph Foster (1844-1905) began carrying out genealogical research early in his life, compiling peerages of Quaker familes (1862-1872), and of county families in Lancashire (1873) and Yorkshire (1874). He went on to publish Peerage, barontage and knightage (1879), Men at the bar (1888), and Admissions to Gray's Inn (1899). Foster also edited and supplemented J.L. Chester's London marriage licences (1887), and produced the Oxford matriculation register in Alumni Oxonienses (8 vols., 1887-1891).
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Francis Charles Hingeston-Randolph: Letter to Joseph Foster, 1889
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Richard Welford: Correspondence to Joseph Foster, 1890
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
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