GODOLPHIN, Sidney (1645-1712) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 15 June 1645, 3rd surv. s. of Sir Francis Godolphin^‡ (1605-67), of Godolphin Breage, Cornwa. and Dorothy (d.1668), da. of Sir Henry Berkeley^‡ of Yarlington, Som., bro. of Sir William Godolphin^‡, 1st bt. and Francis Godolphin^‡. educ. Oxford MA 28 Sept. 1683; travelled abroad (Italy) 1664; L. Inn 1669. m. 16 May 1675, Margaret (1652-78), da. and coh. of Thomas Blagge of Horningsheath, Suff., maid of honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza, 1s. suc. bro. 1710. KG 6 July 1704; d. 15 Sept. 1712. will 23 July 1688; pr. 7 Nov. 1712. TNA, PROB 11/529.

Offices Held

Page of honour 1662 – 68; groom of the bedchamber 1670 – 78; master of the robes 1678 – 79; ld. chamberlain to Queen Maryof Modena 1685 – Dec. 1688; mbr. of council to Queen Catherine 1687 – ?91.

Cornet, Prince Rupert’s horse 1667.

Special ambassador, France Mar. – Apr. 1670, Nov. – Dec. 1671; envoy extraordinary to Louis XIV Apr. – Nov. 1672, Spanish Netherlands, and Prince of Orange Mar. – July 1678.

Ld. of treasury 26 Mar. 1679 – 24 Apr. 1684, 4 Jan. 1687 – 18 Mar. 1690, first ld. 9 Sept. 1684 – 16 Feb. 1685, 15 Nov. 1690 – 31 Oct. 1696, 9 Dec. 1700 – 11 Nov. 1701; ld. treasurer 8 May 1702 – 8 Aug. 1710; secretary of state (S) Apr. – Aug. 1684; PC 4 Feb. 1680 – Feb. 1689, 20 Nov. 1690 – d.; ld. justice 1695, 1696, 1701.

Commr. Tangier 1680–4; CTB, 1681–5, p. 1253. commr. chan. duchy of Lancaster, 1687; prize appeals, 1695; Union with Scotland Apr. 1706. CSP Dom. 1686–7, pp. 886, 389; 1695, p. 112; CSP Dom. 1705–6, p. 110.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1668, Liskeard 1685; ranger Cranbourne Chase, Windsor forest July 1688–1698; CTB, 1685–9, p. 1965; CTB, 1700–1701, p. 175. ld. lt. and custos Cornw. Apr. 1705 – 15 Sept. 1710; gov. Charterhouse 1707; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 354–5. commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695. Evelyn Diary, v. 210.

Parlimentarian

GODOLPHIN, Sidney I (1645-1712), of Whitehall.

Likenesses

oil on canvas, by Sir G. Kneller, c. 1705-10, NPG 5179.

Author

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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