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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 NPG 889
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin (2 November 1706 – 25 May 1785) was a British politician and peer. Life and career. 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).
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.
The second creation, as Baron Godolphin, of Helston in the County of Cornwall, was in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1735 for Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the male issue of his deceased uncle Henry Godolphin, the Dean of St Paul's.
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 NPG 889
The Godolphin Arabian, also known as the Godolphin Barb, was an Arabian horse and was one of three stallions that founded the modern thoroughbred. He was named after his best-known owner, Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin. The horse would later give its name to Sheikh Mohammed's international horse racing stable.
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