Augustus Foster

Born into a notable British family, Foster served in a variety of diplomatic functions in continental Europe and the United States, interrupted by a short stint as a member of parliament.

He courted Anne Isabella Milbanke (later 11th Baroness Wentworth and wife of Lord Byron), but on 18 March 1815, one year after his arrival in Denmark, he married Albina Jane Hobart (2 May 1788[1] – 28 May 1867), daughter of Hon.

He was sent back to America in 1811 as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, and while there penned letters to President Madison and his cabinet protesting American incursions in Spanish West and East Florida.

During this time he was knighted by King George IV (1825) and named Baronet of Glyde Court, Ardee (1831), a town in County Louth, Ireland.

Foster died in 1848 after cutting his throat at Branksea Castle; he had suffered from delirium because of poor health, and his death was ruled as the result of temporary insanity.