William Orme Foster M.P.

A carte-de-visite portrait of William Orme Foster (1814-1900), the Member of Parliament for Staffordshire South.

William Orme Foster was the proprietor of the Madeley Court Iron Works in Staffordshire. He lived at Apley Park near Bridgnorth in Shropshire. In 1843 he married Isabella, daughter of Henry Grazebrook Esq. of Liverpool. From 1857 to 1868 he sat as Member of Parliament (Lib.) for Staffordshire South.

Photographed by Camille Silvy of London on 28 July 1862.