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Elizabeth Godolphin (died 30 August 1707), eldest daughter, second wife of Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688), of Hayne, Newton St Cyres and King's Nympton Park, King's Nympton, Devon. She was the mother of the 3rd and 4th Baronets and founding mother of the Earls of Iddesleigh. The stone ledger with an inscription to her husband ...
When the 2nd Earl died in 1766, the Godolphin earldom, the Rialton viscounty, and the Godolphin barony of 1684 became extinct; but the Godolphin barony of 1735 devolved upon his cousin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin. The ancestral seat of the Godolphin family was Godolphin House near Helston in Cornwall.
Earl of Godolphin, 2. Viscount Rialton und 2. Baron Godolphin, of Rialton in the County of Cornwall, wurde dadurch Mitglied des House of Lords und schied dazu aus dem House of Commons aus. 1735 wurde er zum Lordsiegelbewahrer ernannt und ihm auch der britische Adelstitel Baron Godolphin, of Helston in the County of Cornwall, verliehen.
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin. probably after Jean Baptiste van Loo. oil on canvas, 1740, based on a work of circa 1740. 30 in. x 24 3/4 in. (762 mm x 629 mm) Given by Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester, 1892. Primary Collection.
He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Helston in Cornwall from 1741 [2] to 1766, [3] when he succeeded to the title of Baron Godolphin (of Helston) on the death of his cousin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin. He was also the recorder for Helston from 1766 to his death. He married twice: firstly on 18 February 1733/4 ...
Hace 3 días · She married Francis, 2nd Earl of Godolphin. She was the eldest daughter and co-heir of the great John (Churchill), Duke of Marlborough (who was buried briefly in a vault in the Abbey's Lady Chapel from 1722 until 1744 when his remains were removed to Blenheim Palace).
Family and early career. He came from an ancient Cornish family as the son of Sir Francis Godolphin (1605–1667) and nephew of the poet Sidney Godolphin.At the Restoration, he was introduced into the royal household by King Charles II of England, whose favourite he had become, and he also entered the House of Commons as member for Helston, in Cornwall.
