Sir George Eulas Foster, GCMG, (Canadian) PC, (Imperial) PC

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Sir George Eulas Foster, GCMG, (Canadian) PC, (Imperial) PC

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death: December 30, 1931 (84)
Ottawa, Ottawa Division, Ontario, Canada (Hypostatic Pneumonia)
Place of Burial: Ottawa, Ottawa Division, Ontario, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of John Foster and Margaret Foster
Husband of Lady Adeline Chisholm Foster and Jessie Foster

Occupation: Canadian Senator
Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
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About Sir George Eulas Foster, GCMG, (Canadian) PC, (Imperial) PC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eulas_Foster

Sir George Eulas Foster, GCMG, (Canadian) PC, (Imperial) PC (September 3, 1847 – December 30, 1931) was a Canadian politician and academic. He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to praise British foreign policy in the late 19th century.

Foster was a Member of Parliament (MP) and a Senator in the Canadian Parliament for a total of 45 years, 5 months and 24 days. He enjoys the unique distinction of having served in the cabinets of seven Canadian Prime Ministers: Macdonald, Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, Tupper, Borden and Meighen.

Aside from his severe and lugubrious personality, two factors thwarted whatever ambitions he may have had to become Prime Minister himself: his legally questionable marriage in Chicago to his newly divorced former landlady, and his later involvement in a trust company scandal.

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Sir George Eulas Foster, GCMG, (Canadian) PC, (Imperial) PC's Timeline

1847
September 3, 1847
Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
1931
December 30, 1931
Age 84
Ottawa, Ottawa Division, Ontario, Canada
1932
January 2, 1932
Age 84
Beechwood Cemetery (Plot Sec. 22 Lot 15 NW), Ottawa, Ottawa Division, Ontario, Canada