Sir Francis Lyttelton Holyoake Goodricke, 1st Baronet (1797–29 December 1865) was a British landowner and politician.

Biography

He was born Francis Lyttelton Holyoake, the eldest son of Francis Holyoake of Tettenham Hall, Staffordshire. In 1827 he married Elizabeth Martha, daughter of George Payne of Sulby Hall, Welford. In 1833 Holyoake adopted the additional name and arms of Goodricke on succeeding to a large portion of the estates of

Sir Harry Goodricke The Baronetcy of Goodricke of Ribston was created in the Baronetage of England by King Charles I on 14 August 1641 for his loyal supporter John Goodricke of Ribston, Yorkshire. He represented Yorkshire in the Cavalier Parliament from 1661 to hi ...

(to whom he was not related), including

Ribston Hall Ribston Hall is a privately owned 17th-century country mansion situated on the banks of the River Nidd, at Great Ribston, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The two-storey mansion presents an impress ...

, Yorkshire. He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...

at the 1835 general election, and shortly afterwards he was created a baronet. In May 1835 he took the Chiltern Hundreds in order to sit for

South Staffordshire South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of the West Midlands county, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south. It contains notable settlements ...

, following Edward Littleton's elevation to the peerage; his successor at the borough of Stafford was not elected until early 1837. Holyoake Goodricke retired from Parliament at the 1837 election. He lived at 19 Arlington Street, London and at

Studley Castle Studley Castle is a 19th-century country house at Studley, Warwickshire, England. The Grade II* listed building is now occupied as a Warner Leisure Hotel but was once owned by the Lyttelton family before being bequeathed by Philip Lyttleton to ...

, Warwickshire, and was patron of one living.Michael Stenton, ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume I: 1832–1885'' (1976) p. 159. Until 1858 he was a partner in the firm of Holyoake, Goodricke and Co., bankers of

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodricke, Francis Lyttelton Holyoake 1797 births 1865 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1835–1837 Masters of foxhounds in England Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stafford High Sheriffs of Warwickshire