Margaretta Foster, 1st Viscountess Ferrard

Margaretta Amelia Foster, 1st Viscountess Ferrard (c. 1737 – 20 January 1824), née Burgh, was an Anglo-Irish peeress.

She was the daughter of Thomas Burgh and Anne Downes. On 14 December 1764 she married the politician John Foster. On 5 June 1790 she was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baroness Oriel in her own right.[1] The title was created in honour of her husband, but in such a way that would enable him to continue to serve as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. On 22 November 1797 she was further honoured when she was made Viscountess Ferrard.[2] Her husband was created Baron Oriel in his own right in 1821.

Viscountess Ferrard had three children. She was succeeded in her titles by her eldest surviving son by John Foster, Thomas, who also succeeded to his father's barony on his death in 1828.

References

  1. ↑ The Present Peerage of the United Kingdom (John Stockdale, 1821), p.137. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ↑ The Present Peerage of the United Kingdom (John Stockdale, 1821), p.137. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Viscountess Ferrard
1797–1824 		Succeeded by
Thomas Skeffington
New creation Baroness Oriel
1790–1824


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