The Holyoake-Goodricke Baronetcy, of

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 ...

in the

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and of

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 ...

in the

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 31 March 1835 for Francis Holyoake-Goodricke. He was descended from the Lytteltons of Studley Castle and was born Francis Lyttleton Holyoake. He was a partner in the Wolverhampton banking firm of Holyoake Goodricke & Co and was heir to the Yorkshire estates of his partner Sir Henry James Goodricke Bt (see

Goodricke baronets 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 his ...

) but not heir to the Goodricke Baronetcy. On succeeding to the estates in 1833 he changed his name to Holyoake-Goodricke. He was

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in 1834 and was raised to the baronetcy in his own right in 1835. He sold the Yorkshire estates in 1836. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1888.

Holyoake-Goodricke baronets, of Ribston Hall and Studley Castle (1835)

Sir Francis Lyttelton Holyoake-Goodricke, 1st Baronet 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 ...

(1797–1865) * Sir Harry Holyoake-Goodricke, 2nd Baronet (1836–1883) * Sir George Edward Holyoake-Goodricke, 3rd Baronet (1844–1888)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holyoake-Goodricke Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom