The Goldney Baronetcy, of Beechfield in the
Parish of Corsham and
Bradenstoke Abbey
Bradenstoke Priory was a medieval priory of Augustinian canons regular in the village of Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, England. Its site, in the north of the county about west of Lyneham, is on a ridge above the south side of Dauntsey Vale. In the ...
in the
Parish of Lyneham, both in the
County of Wiltshire, was a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
. It was created on 11 May 1880 for
Gabriel Goldney,
Conservative Member of Parliament for
Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village ...
.
The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1974.
,
Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, was the third son of the first Baronet.
Armorial
Goldney baronets, of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Abbey (1880)
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Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet
Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet (25 July 1813 – 8 May 1900) was a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885. He was created a baronet in May 1880.
Ancestry and early life
The Goldney family, from Bristol, ...
(1813–1900)
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Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, 2nd Baronet (1843–1925)
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Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet (1845–1940)
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Sir Henry Hastings Goldney, 4th Baronet (1886–1974)
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
History of Wiltshire
*Baronets