Glyde Court House Tallinstown Dundalk Co. Louth Republic Of Ireland.

Glyde Court House Tallinstown Dundalk Co. Louth Republic Of Ireland. ( permission kindly granted to film.) The Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Augustus Foster, the younger son of John Thomas Foster and Lady Elizabeth (Bess) went on to have a career as a diplomat, as well as accumulating property in county Louth. 'Through the influence of his mother, who remarried William, 5th Duke of Devonshire, was appointed secretary to the legation of the Rt Hon. Hugh Elliot at Naples. In 1811 he was nominated Minister Plenipotentiary to the USA. His manners where not conciliatory, and he did nothing to stave off the war which broke out in 1812. In that year he returned to England, and was elected MP for Cockermouth, and in May 1814 he was nominated Minister Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen. He remained in Denmark for 10 years and in 1815 married Albina Jane, daughter of the Hon. George Vere Hobart. In 1822 Foster was sworn of the Privy Council, and in 1824 he was transferred to the Court of Turin, and was knighted and made a GCH in the following year. He was further created a baronet of 'Glyde Court', county Louth in September 1831. He remained in Turin for a further 16 years. In 1840 he retired from diplomatic service. On 1st August 1848 he committed suicide by cutting his own throat, in a fit of temporary insanity, at Branksea Castle, near Poole, Dorsetshire, England. 'Sir Augustus Foster was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Frederick George, who died unmarried in 1857. The baronetcy then passed to Frederick's brother Cavendish Hervey Foster. However it was another brother, Vere Foster (1819-1900), the philanthropist and educationalist, who was the member of the family to achieve the greatest celebrity. Vere Henry Louis Foster was one of the greatest Irishmen ever. He was born in Copenhagen on April 25, 1819, while his father was serving as British Minister to Denmark. Vere was educated at Eton and Oxford and after graduation, entered the Foreign Office where his promising career as a diplomat was put aside once he returned to Ireland, in 1847. The rest of his life was dedicated to helping his countrymen. Foster considered education to be the way forward. He contributed towards building school houses in rural Ireland - he devised cheap but very effective school books, and tried to better the lot of the poorly paid Irish school teachers. He was amongst the original promoters of the Belfast School of Art where, in addition to his annual donations, he guaranteed the headmaster's salary for a number of years. Several young students were put through college at his expense. The Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast was another institution which benefited from his generosity. For over forty years Vere Foster gave freely of his own money until his death in 1900. During his life he assisted around 25,000 people to start a new life in the America and it is believed he spent approximately 100,000 pounds sterling on other charitable endeavours while he himself lived on the equivalent of 100 pounds a year. He died, on December 21, 1900, in a cheap lodging house in Belfast. Glyde Court is 'Fast becoming a ruin' dereliction of Glyde Court House is regrettable, making its reinstatement much more difficult to achieve' December 2019 - Glyde Court is abandoned - derelict. Hi everyone if you would like to help the channel out even more you can donate to the channel in the youtube Banner link or in the about section link . thanks to everyone your support has been amazing its very much appreciated.