Sidney Godolphin (other)
Sidney Godolphin is the name of: * Sidney Godolphin (colonel) (1652–1732), Member of Parliament for fifty years * Sidney Godolphin (poet) (1610–1643), English poet * Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (c. 1640–1712), leading British politician, MP for Helston in Cornwall 1665–Feb 1679, Sept 1679–1685 *Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard Sir Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, (29 May 1837 – 29 March 1902) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British barrister and colonial administrator, who served as Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate 1885&nd ...

Sidney Godolphin (colonel)
Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Godolphin (1652–1732) was an English soldier, politician and Member of Parliament for various seats between 1685 and 1732, becoming Father of the House in 1730. He also reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was Governor of Scilly from 1700 until his death in September 1732. Personal details Baptised on 12 January 1652 in London, Sidney Godolphin was the only surviving son of John Godolphin (1617–1678), an English jurist and author, and his second wife Mary Tregose, daughter of William Tregose of St Ives, Cornwall. His father married four times and had a total of eleven children, of whom only Sidney and two others survived childhood; his older half-brother Francis (1642-after 1679) and a half-sister Rebecca (1676-after 1699). A member of one of the wealthiest families in Cornwall, John Godolphin supported Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, unlike his Royalist cousins Sidney, killed in 1643, and Francis. During the Commonwealth ...
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Sidney Godolphin (poet)
Sidney Godolphin, 14 January 1610 (baptised) to 8 February 1643, was a minor poet and courtier from Cornwall who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1643. He served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was killed in a skirmish near Chagford in Devon on 8 February 1643. Personal details Godolphin was baptised on 14 January 1610, second son of Sir William Godolphin (1567-1613) of Godolphin Estate, near Breage, Cornwall, and his wife, Thomasine (1581-1612). He had two brothers, Francis (1605-1667) and William (1611-1636), as well as a sister, Penelope (1607-1669), who married Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge. He never married and left no children. Career Orphaned by the time he was three, Godolphin inherited his mother's estates in Norfolk and had enough money to live independently. He attended Exeter College, Oxford, from 1624 to 1627, followed by a period acquiring the basic legal training then considered essential for members of the g ...
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Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl Of Godolphin
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, (15 June 1645 – 15 September 1712) was a leading British politician of the late 17th and the early 18th centuries. He was a Privy Councillor and Secretary of State for the Northern Department before he attained real power as First Lord of the Treasury. He was instrumental in negotiating and passing the Acts of Union 1707 with Scotland, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain. He had many other roles, including that of Governor of Scilly. 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. Although he spoke few words before the House, they were so to the point that he "gradually acquired a reputation as its chief if not its on ...
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