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BARON JOHN FOSTER ORIEL (1740-1828)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 269 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARON See also:JOHN See also:FOSTER See also:ORIEL (1740-1828)  , Irish politician, was the son of See also:Anthony See also:Foster of See also:Louth, an Irish See also:judge . He was returned to the Irish See also:parliament in 1761, and made his See also:mark in See also:financial and commercial questions, being appointed See also:chancellor of the Irish See also:exchequer in 1784 . His See also:law giving bounties on the exportation of See also:corn and imposing heavy taxes on its importation is noted by See also:Lecky as responsible for making See also:Ireland an arable instead of a pasture See also:country . In 1785 he became See also:Speaker . He opposed the See also:Union, and ultimately refused to surrender the Speaker's See also:mace, which was kept by his See also:family . He was returned to the See also:united parliament, and in 1804 became chancellor of the Irish exchequer under See also:Pitt . In 1821 he was created a peer of the United See also:Kingdom as See also:Baron See also:Oriel of Ferrard in the See also:county of Louth, and died on the 23rd of See also:August 1828 . His wife (d . 1824) had in 1790 been created an Irish peeress, as Baroness Oriel, and in 1797 Viscountess Ferrard; and their son, See also:Thomas See also:Henry (d . 1843), who married Viscountess See also:Massereene (in her own right) and took the name of Sheffington, inherited all these titles; the later Viscounts Massereene being their descendants .

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