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by the traditional puddling process. However, soon after his loss at the West
Staffordshire election of 1868, Foster suffered a "paralytic seizure" which weakened his health and, for many years, he left business affairs with his wife and with his eldest son. From the 1870s onwards, profits from the
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business declined as steel manufacturers competed with wrought iron producers and the final decades of the century brought a gradual contraction of iron output. In 1884, Foster attempted unsuccessfully to sell John
Bradley & Co. In the same year, he donated the early steam locomotive
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Foster died at Apley Hall on 29 September 1899, aged 84, and was buried on 5 October at
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Julia Mary Foster (1860–1931), who married, as her first husband, Hon.
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Britain Army Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's (1910).
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Through his daughter Julia, he was a grandfather of the composer
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From 1857 until 1868 Foster served as a Member of
Parliament for
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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND THE JUDICIAL BENCH
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Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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William Orme Foster was buried at St Chad's Church, Stockton
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In Retrospect: A Short History of The Royal Salop Infirmary
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449:. Dudley, UK: Dudley Leisure Services. pp. 24–26.
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858:. London. 11 March 1924. p. 17, col B.
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477:"The Late Mr. W.O. Foster, of Apley Park".
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1077:19th-century English businesspeople
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573:McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book
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638:Keeling-Roberts, Margaret (1981).
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711:Victorian Library reprint, 1971
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