House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 19th July 1999 The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, dated in the forenoon of 19th July 1999, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Sir Norman Robert Foster, Knight, O.M., by the name, style and title of Baron Foster of Thames Bank, of Reddish in the County of Greater Manchester. C. I. P. Denyer