Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet (1642–1705) was the son of

Sir John Goodricke, 1st Baronet Sir John Goodricke, 1st Baronet (20 April 1617 – November 1670) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1670. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Life Goodricke was the son of S ...

whom he succeeded in 1670. He inherited the family estate of

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in North Yorkshire and in 1674 replaced the old house with a new mansion.

Career

Sir Henry Goodricke served almost continuously as

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for

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from 1673 until his death, with the exception of a period spent as British Envoy Extraordinary to Spain to Spain from 1679 to 1683. During the

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of 1688, he acted as the Earl of Danby's lieutenant in the North in support of the revolution and was rewarded by the new regime with the office of

Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance was a member of the British Board of Ordnance and the deputy of the Master-General of the Ordnance. The office was established in 1545, and the holder was appointed by the crown under letters patent. It w ...

, a post which he held until 1702.

References

* * * J. D. Davies, 'Goodricke, Sir Henry, second baronet (1642–1705)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 200

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