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     Sir Balthazar Walter Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston was born on 17 July 1840.¹ He was the son of Balthazar Foster and Marian Green.¹ He married Emily Martha Sargant, daughter of W. L. Sargant, on 25 August 1864.¹ He died on 31 January 1913 at age 72.¹
     Sir Balthazar Walter Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston graduated from Erlangen University, Erlangen, Germany, with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.).¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chester between 1885 and 1886.¹ He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in 1886.¹ He was member of the General Medical Council between 1887 and 1897.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Derby, Ilkeston Division between 1887 and 1910.¹ He was decorated with the Gold Medal of the British Medical Association.¹ He was invested as a Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London (F.R.C.P.).¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1906.¹ He was created 1st Baron Ilkeston, of Ilkeston, co. Derby [U.K.] on 14 July 1910.¹ He also had an older son (died young) and three daughters.¹

     Balthazar Foster was born in 1813.¹ He was the son of Thomas Foster and Hannah Smith.¹ He married Marian Green, daughter of J. Green, in 1839.¹ He died in 1862.¹
     Balthazar Foster lived at Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.¹

     Thomas Foster was born in 1783.¹ He was the son of Robert Foster and Catherine Farthing.¹ He married Hannah Smith in 1805.¹
     Thomas Foster lived at Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.¹

     Robert Foster was born in 1747.¹ He was the son of Thomas Foster.¹ He married Catherine Farthing in 1782.¹
     Robert Foster lived at Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.¹

     Thomas Foster was born in 1705.¹ He died in 1780.¹
     Thomas Foster lived at Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.¹

     Catherine Farthing married Robert Foster, son of Thomas Foster, in 1782.¹
     From 1782, her married name became Foster.¹

     Hannah Smith married Thomas Foster, son of Robert Foster and Catherine Farthing, in 1805.¹
     Hannah Smith lived at Ashurst Lodge.¹ From 1805, her married name became Foster.¹

     Marian Green is the daughter of J. Green.¹ She married Balthazar Foster, son of Thomas Foster and Hannah Smith, in 1839.¹
     From 1839, her married name became Foster.¹

     
     J. Green lived at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.¹

     Emily Martha Sargant is the daughter of W. L. Sargant.¹ She married Sir Balthazar Walter Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston, son of Balthazar Foster and Marian Green, on 25 August 1864.¹
     From 25 August 1864, her married name became Foster.¹ As a result of her marriage, Emily Martha Sargant was styled as Baroness Ilkeston on 14 July 1910.