There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Foster, all in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James ...

. Two of the creations are extinct. The Foster Baronetcy, of Glyde Court in the County of Louth, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831 for the diplomat

Augustus Foster Sir Augustus John Foster, 1st Baronet, (1 or 4 December 1780 – 1 August 1848) was a British diplomat and politician. Born into a notable British family, Foster served in a variety of diplomatic functions in continental Europe and the United ...

. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1947. County Louth - Sir Frederick Foster Memorial - 20180930155730

The Foster Baronetcy, of Norwich in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 August 1838 for William Foster. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1960. The Foster Baronetcy, of Bloomsbury in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 February 1930 for the university administrator and educationalist

Gregory Foster Sir Thomas Gregory Foster (10 June 1866 – 24 September 1931) was the Provost of University College London from 1904 to 1929,Elizabeth J. Morse, 'Foster, Sir (Thomas) Gregory, first baronet (1866–1931)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph ...

. He was Provost of

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between 1907 and 1929 and Vice-Chancellor of the

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between 1928 and 1930.

Foster baronets, of Glyde Court (1831)

* Sir Augustus John Foster, 1st Baronet (1780–1848) . Son of Lady Elizabeth Foster. He married 1815 Albina Hobart, daughter of Hon. George Vere Hobart. He was knighted 1825 and raised to a baronetcy 1831. The influence of his stepfather

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, (14 December 1748 – 29 July 1811), was a British nobleman, aristocrat, and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, the heiress Lady Charlotte B ...

was exercised at the instance of his mother, the Duke's second Duchess. The first baronet, who committed suicide, was succeeded by his eldest son *Sir Frederick George Foster, 2nd Baronet (1816–1857) who died unmarried, and was succeeded by his next brother *Rev. Sir Cavendish Hervey Foster, 3rd Baronet (1817–1890) md 1844 Isabella Todd. He was a clergyman who served as rector of Theydon Garnon 1843–1887. Both their sons predeceased their father. Their elder son was Major John Frederick Foster (1847–1890) died six months before his father. He was the father of *Sir Augustus Vere Foster, 4th Baronet (1873–1947), son of John Frederick Foster and his wife Caroline Emily Marsh. He married 25 October Charlotte Philippa Marion ffolkes, 3rd and youngest daughter of Rev. Henry Everard ffolkes, uncle and heir presumptive to Sir William ffolkes, 3rd Bt. (1847–1912), and sister of the fourth and fifth baronets. They had issue 1 son (died in his father's lifetime) and 2 daughters.Description of Vere Foster family portrait among others
/ref> ** Philippa Eugenie (Biddy) Vere Foster (1898–1962) ** Dorothy Elizabeth Charlotte Vere Foster (1903–) ** Anthony Vere Foster (21 February 1908 – 1934) The last baronet's sister Alice was paternal grandmother of

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. The baronetcy became extinct in 1947.

Foster baronets, of Norwich (1838)

*Sir William Foster, 1st Baronet (1798–1874) *Sir William Foster, 2nd Baronet (1825–1911) *Sir William Yorke Foster, 3rd Baronet (1860–1948) *Sir Henry William Berkeley Foster, 4th Baronet (1892–1960)

Foster baronets, of Bloomsbury (1930)

* Sir (Thomas) Gregory Foster, 1st Baronet (1866–1931) *Sir Thomas Saxby Gregory Foster, 2nd Baronet (1899–1957) *Sir John Gregory Foster, 3rd Baronet (1927–2006) *Sir Saxby Gregory Foster, 4th Baronet (born 1957) The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Thomas James Gregory (born 1991), son of the 4th Baronet.

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