in
Vanity Fair, 1891 He was elected at the
1892 general election as MP for the
Lowestoft division of
Suffolk. He was re-elected in
1895, but did not defend his seat at the
general election in 1900. He stood again at the
January 1910 election, regaining the seat from the
Edward Beauchamp, the
Liberal who had won it in
1906. Foster's return to the
House of Commons was short, as Beauchamp retook the seat at the
December 1910 election. After his defeat in 1910, Foster did not stand again until the
1924 general election, when he was selected as the Conservative candidate to replace
Sir Thomas Bramsdon in
Portsmouth Central. He won the seat, but stood down from
Parliament at the
1929 general election. He was a party in
Foster v Driscoll [1929] 1
KB 470 involving a contract for the supply of
whisky to the
US during the prohibition era. The English courts refused to enforce the contract (even though governed by and lawful under English law), as its performance was unlawful under the law of the place of intended performance. ==Personal life==