Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard (9 December 1819 – 15 November 1898) was a

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politician.

Political career

Goddard was first elected MP for

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1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont ...

and held the seat until

1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...

. In 1874 he regained the seat before stepping down at the next election in

1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February � ...

Family

Goddard was the first son of former Cricklade MP Ambrose Goddard and Jessy-Dorothea Lethbridge, daughter of

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MP Thomas Lethbridge. He married Charlotte Ayshford Sanford, daughter of former

and

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MP Edward Ayshford Sanford and Henrietta Langham, in 1847. Together they had five children: * Ambrose Ayshford Goddard (1848–1885) * Jessie Henrietta Goddard (1850–1920) * Fitzroy Pleydell Goddard (1852–1927) * Edward Hesketh Goddard (1855–1921) * Charles Frederick Goddard (1863–)

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