Ambrose Goddard (c.1727–1815) was a British merchant and landowner who sat in the

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from 1772 to 1806. Goddard was the third son of Ambrose Goddard and his wife Elizabeth Awdry, daughter of Ambrose Awdry of

Seend Seend is a village and civil parish about southeast of the market town of Melksham, Wiltshire, England. It lies about west of Devizes and northeast of the county town of Trowbridge. The parish includes the sub-village of Seend Cleeve and the ...

, Wiltshire. He was educated at

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from 1743 to 1745. He settled in Lisbon where he was involved in merchant activities and was an agent for the Post Office there until 1772. On the death of his elder brother in 1770, he succeeded to the family inheritance and returned to Wiltshire. He married Sarah Williams, daughter of Rev. Thomas Williams of Pilrowth, Carmarthenshire on 16 August 1776. Goddard was returned as

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for

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at a by-election on 21 August 1772 after a hard-fought and expensive contest. He was returned unopposed in

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and

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. In 1784 he was a member of the

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who tried to bring Fox and Pitt together. He held the seat until 1806. Goddard died on 19 June 1815. He and his wife Sarah had three sons and seven daughters; from 1788 they employed

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as governess. His sons Thomas Goddard and

Ambrose Goddard Ambrose Goddard (c. 1727–1815) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772 to 1806. Goddard was the third son of Ambrose Goddard and his wife Elizabeth Awdry, daughter of Ambrose Awdry of Seend, Wiltshire. He was educat ...

became MPs for .

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Ambrose Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promo ...

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