The Goodenough Baronetcy, of
Broadwell and
Filkins ''For people with the surname, see Filkins (surname).''
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in the
Oxfordshire
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, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
.
It was created on 19 January 1943 for
William Goodenough
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Naval career
Goodenough joined the Royal Navy in 1882. He was appointed Command ...
, Chairman of
Barclay's Bank
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and of the
Nuffield Foundation
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. As of 2010 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1996.
Goodenough baronets, of Broadwell and Filkins (1943)
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Sir William Macnamara Goodenough, 1st Baronet (1899–1951)
*Sir Richard Edmund Goodenough, 2nd Baronet (1925–1996)
*Sir William McLernon Goodenough, 3rd Baronet (born 1954)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Samuel William Hector Goodenough (born 1992).
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Goodenough
Goodenough family
1943 establishments in the United Kingdom