http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/regions/LI-Liverpool_newsletter_Jun_2010.pdf
Saturday 20 November
JOHN FOSTER, FATHER AND SON
Local historian Hugh Hollinghurst has broken new ground with his recent publication “John Foster and Sons, Kings of Georgian Liverpool” (Liverpool History Society) since, astonishingly, this is the first time a book devoted solely to the family has been published. John Foster Senior and (his second son) John Foster Junior held the office of Surveyor for the Corporation of Liverpool continuously from 1789 to 1836. They and the rest of the talented family distinguished themselves in engineering, public administration, manufacturing and the law, but above all for their classical architecture which laid the foundations for the city’s Victorian magnificence. Hugh also reminds us that between them the Fosters were responsible for much of the modern street layout, thus taking the story forward from Christina’s opening lecture.
Hugh Hollinghurst 