Francis Holyoake Goodricke

Sir Francis Lyttelton Holyoake Goodricke, 1st Baronet (1797–29 December 1865) was a British landowner and politician.

Biography

He was born Francis Lyttelton Holyoake, the eldest son of Francis Holyoake of Tettenham Hall, Staffordshire. In 1827 he married Elizabeth Martha, daughter of George Payne of Sulby Hall, Welford.[1] In 1833 Holyoake adopted the additional name and arms of Goodricke on succeeding to a large portion of the estates of Sir Harry Goodricke (to whom he was not related), including Ribston Hall, Yorkshire.[2] He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Stafford at the 1835 general election,[3] and shortly afterwards he was created a baronet.[4] In May 1835 he took the Chiltern Hundreds[1] in order to sit for South Staffordshire, following Edward Littleton's elevation to the peerage;[5] his successor at the borough of Stafford was not elected until early 1837.[6] Holyoake Goodricke retired from Parliament at the 1837 election. He lived at 19 Arlington Street, London and at Studley Castle, Warwickshire, and was patron of one living.[1] Until 1858 he was a partner in the firm of Holyoake, Goodricke and Co., bankers of Wolverhampton.[7]

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References
  1. Michael Stenton, Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume I: 1832–1885 (1976) p. 159.
  2. "No. 19112". The London Gazette. 20 December 1833. p. 2330.
  3. "No. 19233". The London Gazette. 27 January 1835. p. 146.
  4. "No. 19241". The London Gazette. 17 February 1835. p. 284.
  5. "No. 19275". The London Gazette. 2 June 1835. p. 1048.
  6. "No. 19469". The London Gazette. 24 February 1837. p. 449.
  7. "No. 22202". The London Gazette. 19 November 1858. p. 4961.
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