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GODOLPHIN, Francis (1678-1766)

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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.
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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.

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GODOLPHIN, Hon. Francis (1678-1766).
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oil on canvas by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c.1710–12, NPG 329; oil on canvas after Jean-Baptiste van Loo, c.1740, NPG 899.

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Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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GODOLPHIN, Sidney (1645-1712)

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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.
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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.

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GODOLPHIN, Sidney I (1645-1712), of Whitehall.
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oil on canvas, by Sir G. Kneller, c. 1705-10, NPG 5179.

Author
Handley, Stuart
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Lords 1660-1715
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HENRY, Prince (1639-60)

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b. 8 July 1639, 3rd surv. s. of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, da. Henry IV of France. educ. privately (Mr Lowell). Kntd. 1658. unm. d. 13 Sept. 1660.
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Col. English Regt of Ft. (Spanish army) 1656.

PC, 1658 – d.

High steward, Gloucester, Jun. 1660–d.; Ranger, Hyde Park July 1660. CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 77.

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HENRY, Prince (1639-60)
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oil on canvas, after Johann Boeckhorst, (c.1659), NPG 1932; line engraving by Robert White, mid-seventeenth century, NPG D29321.

Author
Paley, Ruth
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Lords 1660-1715
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BOYLE, David (1666-1733)

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b. 1666, 1st s. of John Boyle of Kelburn, and 1st w. Marion, da. of Sir Walter Steuart of Allanton, Lanark. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1681. m. (1) 19 Apr. 1687 (tocher 9,000 merks), Margaret (d.1695), da. of Hon. Patrick Crawford (formerly Lindsay), of Kilbirnie, Ayr. (2nd s. of John Lindsay, 17th earl of Crawford [S]), 3s.; (2) 16 Jun. 1697, Jean (d.1724), da. and h. of William Mure of Rowallan, Ayr. 1s. d.v.p. 4da. (at least 2 d.v.p.). d. 31 Oct. 1733; will (Glasgow) 3 Nov. 1735. Douglas, Scots Peerage, iv. 201-6; Young, Parls. of Scot. i. 66; Scot. Rec. Soc. vii. 195.
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PC [S] 1697 – 1704, 1705 – 08; commr. exch. [S] 1697 – 1703, auditing treasury accts. [S] 1698, trade [S] 1698, union with England 1702 – 03, 1706, treasury [S] 1703 – 04, 1705 – 08; treas. depute [S] 1703 – 04, 1705 – 08; ld. clerk reg. [S] 1708–14. CSP Dom. 1697, p. 84; 1698, pp. 406–7, 431–2; 1702–3, p. 572–3; 1703–4, p. 399.

Ld. high commr. gen. assembly Church of Scotland 1706 – 10.

Commr. supply Ayr 1686, 1690, 1704; Bute 1689, 1696, 1704; sheriff, Bute 1689 – 92; burgess, Edinburgh 1704; baillie, regality of Glasgow 1706. Douglas, iv. 201; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 79.

Rector, Glasgow Univ. 1690 – 91.

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BOYLE, David (1666-1733)
Associated with: Kelburn Castle, Fairlie.
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  mezzotint by J. Smith, aft. J. Richardson, 1711, NPG D11578.

Author
Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
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Lords 1660-1715
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GERARD, Charles (c. 1618-94)

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b. c. 1618, 1st s. of Sir Charles Gerard of Halsall, Lancs. and Penelope, da. of Sir Edward Fitton, Bt, of Gawsworth, Cheshire. Baines, Lancashire, ed. Croston, iv. 376-77. educ. Leiden Univ. 1634, Peacock, English-speaking students at Leyden University, 40. G. Inn 1672. m. bef. 1 Dec. 1656 Jeanne (d. 28 Sept. 1671), da. of Pierre de Civelle, equerry to Queen Henrietta Maria, 2s., 3da. Baines, Lancashire, ed. Croston, iv. 376-7. d. 7 Jan. 1694; admon. 26 Apr. 1694 to Charles Gerard, 2nd earl of Macclesfield; 2 Dec. 1701 Fitton Gerard, 3rd earl of Macclesfield; 5 Jan. 1703 to Charlotte Orby, w. of Thomas Orby, da. of Charles, 2nd earl of Macclesfield. TNA, PROB 6/70, f. 55, PROB 6/77, f. 118, PROB 6/79, f. 7v.
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Gent. of bedchamber 1649–81; A. Keay, The Magnificent Monarch, 223; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 240; 1680–81, p. 185; Bodl. Tanner 36, f. 106; Castle Ashby mss, 1092, newsletter, 28 July 1681. PC 14 Feb. 1689 – d.; commr., disorders in fleet July 1690. CSP Dom. 1690, p. 62.

Commr. array Lancs. 1642; kpr. Enfield Chase, Mdx. 1661–d.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 237, 588. freeman, Preston by 1682; Preston Burgesses (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 180.; ld. pres., Council of Wales Mar.-July 1689; HMC Lords, iii. 371; ii. 109. ld. lt., N. Wales, S. Wales, Glos., Herefs., Mon., Bristol 1689 – d.; cust. rot., Herefs., Mon., Brec. 1689 – d.

Col., regt. of ft (roy.) 1642–5, TNA, SP 29/159/45; Warburton, Rupert and Cavaliers, ii. 237. c.-in-c., S. Wales and Mon. (roy.) 1644–5, Warburton, Rupert and Cavaliers, iii. 119–20. lt-gen., horse (roy.) 1645; Newman, Roy. Officers, 151; Symonds's Marches of Royal Army (Cam. Soc. lxxiv), 225, 242, 249. vice-adm., fleet (roy.) 1648 – 49; capt., 1st tp. of Life Gds. 1657–68; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 240; 1667–8, p. 560. c.-in-c., Portsmouth. and I.o.W., Jan. – Aug. 1667; capt., tp. of horse May-Aug. 1667; col., regt. of horse Feb. 1678 – Jan. 1679; lt.-gen., English army May 1678-Oct. 1679. HMC Lindsey, 33.

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GERARD, Charles (c. 1618-94)
Associated with: Halsall House, Lancs.;VCH Lancs. ii. 195-6.; Gawsworth Hall, Gawsworth Cheshire; Chiswick House, Acton (from 1668);VCH Mdx, vii. 74.; Gerard (Macclesfield) House, Gerrard St., Westminster (from 1682).LCC Survey of London, xxxiv. 380-84, 396-97.;
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oil on canvas by P. Lely (studio of), c.1645, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 1108; oil on canvas by W. Dobson, c.1645, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, NZ; miniature, oil on copper, National Trust, Calke Abbey, Derbys.

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Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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GERARD, Philip (1665-1733)

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b. 1 Dec. 1665, 3rd s. of Richard Gerard of Hilderstone, Staffs.; G. Ormerod, Hist. of the County Palatine and City of Chester, ii. 653. bro. Charles Gerard, 6th Bar. Gerard of Gerard’s Bromley. educ. St Omer Coll. ?-1684; Watten, 1684-5, Liège, 1686-7, 1687-9. G. Holt, St Omers and Bruges Colleges, 1593-1773 (Cath. Rec. Soc. lix), 114. unm. d. 4 May 1733.
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GERARD, Philip (1665-1733)
Associated with: Hilderstone, Staffs. and St Omer, France.
Author
Harrison,Richard
Adams, Beverly
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Lords 1660-1715
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GERARD, Charles (c. 1659-1707)

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b. c. 1659, 1st s. and h. of Richard Gerard, of Hilderstone, Staffs.; bro. of Philip Gerard* [1710], 7th Bar. Gerard of Gerard’s Bromley. educ. St Omer Coll. by 1677-at least 1678. G. Holt, St Omers and Bruges Colleges, 1593-1773 (Cath. Rec. Soc. lix.) 112-14. m. Mary (d. Sept. 1716), Hist. Reg. (1716), i. 543. da. of Sir John Webb, bt. of Oddstock, Wilts. s.p. suc. fa. 11 Mar. 1680. d. by 15 or 21 Apr. 1707; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 160. will 14. Mar. 1706, pr. 23 Nov. 1708. TNA, PROB 11/504.
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Freeman, Preston 1682, Liverpool 1690; dep. lt. Lancs. 1687–9, CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 122; HMC Kenyon, 188. Wales (12 counties), Herefs., Mon. 1689–96; TNA, SP 44/165; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 268. recorder, Chester 1688–9; Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne pprs. xliii. ff. 194–5. ld. lt., Lancs. 1689 – d., N. Wales 1696 – d.; custos rot., Lancs. 1689 – d., Mont. 1700 – d.; butler, Lancs. 1689 – d.; constable, Liverpool Castle 1689 – d.; steward, Blackburn hundred, Tottington and Clitheroe, 1689 – 90; v. adm. Cheshire and Lancs. 1691 – d., N. Wales 1696 – d.; commr. superstitious uses, Lancs. 1693; col. militia ft., Lancs. and Denb. by 1697–d. Eg. 1626, ff. 25, 58.

Lt. col. Ld. Gerard’s Regt. of Horse Feb. 1678 – Jan. 1679; col. regt. of horse, June – Sept. 1679, Oct. – Dec. 1688, 1694 – d.; maj. gen. 1694.

Envoy extraordinary, Hanover Aug. – Sept. 1701.

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GERARD, Charles (c. 1659-1707)
Associated with: Hilderstone, Staffs.
Author
Harrison,Richard
Adams, Beverly
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Lords 1660-1715
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GERARD, Digby (1662-84)

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b. 17 July 1662, s. and h. Charles Gerard, 4th Bar. Gerard of Gerard’s Bromley and Jane, da. and h. of George Digby of Sandon, Staffs. m. lic. 3 Sept. 1678, Elizabeth (d. 11 Jan. 1700), da. Charles Gerard, Bar. Gerard of Brandon and earl of Macclesfield, 1da. WCA, St Martin’s-in-the-Fields par. reg. vol. 7, 30 July 1679. d. 9 Oct. 1684; admon. 24 Oct. 1684 to wid.; inventory 13 Aug. 1685. TNA, PROB 5/5617, PROB 4/841.
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GERARD, Digby (1662-84)
Associated with: Gerard’ Bromley, Staffs.
Author
Harrison,Richard
Adams, Beverly
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Lords 1660-1715
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GERARD, Charles (1634-67)

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b. c. 1634, only s. and h. of Dutton Gerard†, 3rd Bar. Gerard of Gerard’s Bromley, and Mary, da. of Francis Fane†, earl of Westmorland. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1649. m. settlement 18 Nov., TNA, C9/378/2. lic. 28 Nov. 1660, Jane (d.1703), da. and h. of George Digby of Sandon, Staffs., 1s. d. 28 Dec. 1667; admon. 13 Apr. 1668 to wid.; inventory 12 June 1668. TNA, PROB 4/1323.
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GERARD, Charles (1634-67)
Associated with: Gerard’ Bromley, Staffs.
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oil on canvas c.1650: National Trust, Lytes Cary, Somerset.

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Harrison,Richard
Adams, Beverly
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NOEL, Baptist (1684-1714)

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b. 1684, o. s. of Baptist Noel‡ (d. 1690), VCH Rutland. ii. 199. of Luffenham, Rutland, and Susannah, da. of Sir Thomas Fanshawe‡, of Jenkins, Essex. educ. unknown. m. bef. 13 Feb. 1707, Dorothy (d. 1739), da. John Manners, duke of Rutland, 4s. inc. James Noel‡, 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 28 July 1690. d. 17 Apr. 1714; admon. 12 May 1714 to wid. TNA, PROB 6/90, f. 59.
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NOEL, Baptist (1684-1714)
Associated with: St James’ St., Westminster;Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.; Exton, Rutland; Luffenham, Rutland.VCH Rutland, ii. 129, 199.;
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Eagles, Robin
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