Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin

Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin (2 November 1706 – 25 May 1785) was a British peer and politician.[1]

He was the eldest surviving son of Henry Godolphin, provost of Eton and Dean of St Paul’s, and was educated at Eton College (1718–1721) and Queen’s College, Oxford (1723). In 1733 he succeeded to his father's estates in Buckinghamshire.

He was appointed Lieutenant-governor of the Scilly Isles from 1739 to 1766 and full Governor from 1766 to his death. He was also recorder for Helston from 1766 to his death.

He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Helston in Cornwall from 1741[2] to 1766,[3] when he succeeded to the Barony of Helston on the death of his cousin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin.

He married twice: firstly to Lady Barbara Bentinck on 18 February 1733 at Saint James in Westminster, London[4], the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, and secondly to Lady Anne Fitzwilliam (22 Aug 1722-1805[5]), the daughter of John Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam.

References

  1. "GODOLPHIN, Francis (1706-85), of Baylis, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 39. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
  4. Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  5. [www.ancestry.com "Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015"] Check |url= value (help). Ancestry.com. 2014.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Evelyn
John Harris
Member of Parliament for Helston
1741–1766
With: Thomas Walker
Sir John Evelyn
Succeeded by
William Windham
Sir John Evelyn
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Godolphin
Governor of the Isles of Scilly
1766–1785
Succeeded by
Marquess of Carmarthen
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Francis Godolphin
Baron Godolphin
1766–1785
Extinct


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