GODOLPHIN, Francis (1678-1766) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 3 Sept. 1678, o. s. Sidney Godolphin (later earl of Godolphin) and Margaret (1652–78), da. and coh. of Thomas Blagge of Horningsheath, Suff. educ. privately (John Evelyn); Eton; King’s, Camb. 1695, MA 1705. m. 27 Apr. 1698 (with £10,000), Henrietta (d. 24 Oct. 1733), da. and coh. John Churchill, earl (later duke) of Marlborough (from 1722 suo jure duchess of Marlborough), 2s. (d.v.p.), 4da. (3 d.v.p.). Bodl. Carte 228, ff. 282–3. d. 17 Jan. 1766; will 10 June 1763–1 June 1765, pr. 29 Jan. 1767. TNA, PROB 11/915.

Offices Held

Registrar, chancery (jt.) 1699 – 1727; teller, exch. 1699 – 1704; gent. of bedchamber, George of Denmark 1702 – 08; cofferer, royal household 1704 – 11, 1714 – 23; groom of the stole 1723 – 35; PC 26 May 1723 – d.; ld. justice 1723, 1726, 1727; ld. privy seal 1735 – 40.

Dep. lt. Cornw. by Mar. 1701–?1710; CSP Dom. 1700–2, pp. 251–2; 1702–3, p. 391; 1705–6, p. 126. ld. warden, the Stannaries, Cornw. 1705 – 08; high steward, duchy of Cornwall 1705 – 08; rider and master forester, Dartmoor 1705 – 08; recorder, Helston, Cornw. 1712–d.; HP Commons, 1690–1715, ii. 80–82; HP Commons, 1715–54, i. 212. dep. ranger, Windsor House Park 1712–35; CTB 1712, pp. 321, 386; 1713, p. 246; CTBP, 1714–19, p. 83; 1735, pp. 105, 113. ld. lt. and custos rot. Oxon. 1715 – 39; high steward, Banbury 1718, Woodstock 1728; gov. Scilly Islands 1732 – d.

Parlimentarian

GODOLPHIN, Hon. Francis (1678-1766).

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c.1710–12, NPG 329; oil on canvas after Jean-Baptiste van Loo, c.1740, NPG 899.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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