The Colonial Despatches: Foster, Colonel George L.

Foster, Colonel George L.

Foster was elected as a member of the House of Assembly of Vancouver Island representing the Lake District and became assistant paymaster general in 1860.1 In 1861, Foster was appointed to command the Vancouver Island volunteer rifle corps. He wrote this letter to Chichester Fortescue requesting good quality firearms comparable to those supplied to the volunteers of the United Kingdom.

Foster was described by Arthur Blackwood as a clever independent English gentleman whose goal was the advancement of both Vancouver Island and British Columbia.2

1. Douglas to Newcastle, 25 January 1860, No. 4, 2760, CO 305/14, p. 10; Arbuthnot to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary), 19 May 1860, 5099, CO 305/15, p. 545.
2. Foster to Palliser, 10 August 1860, CO 305/15, p. 589.

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Blackwood, Arthur Johnstone

Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester

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British Columbia

Lake District

Vancouver Island

The Colonial Despatches Team. Foster, Colonel George L.. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/foster_g.html.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Foster, Colonel George L.