Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet of Beechfield and

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(26 May 1845 – 21 February 1940) was the second son of Gabriel Goldney,

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MP for Chippenham. The title passed to him on 4 May 1925 on the death of his brother, Gabriel Prior Goldney.

Career

Goldney was educated at Harrow School and became a landowner and Freemason, rising to become Grand Deacon of England. He also wrote the books "A History of Freemasonry in Wiltshire" (1880) and "Records of Chippenham", privately published in 1889. He was

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of Chippenham in 1874 and 1888,

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in 1908 and also served as a Justice of the Peace for

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and Surrey. He married Ethel Julia Swayne, of

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on 6 February 1875, and they had five children: Katherine Long Goldney (b. 1878), Mary Delarivière Goldney (b. 1880), Eveline Margaret Hungerford Goldney (b. 1882), Lucy Hulbert Goldney (b. 1889) and Henry Hastings Goldney (b. 1886). His residences were Beechfield,

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, Wiltshire and

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, Camberley, Surrey.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldney, Frederick People educated at Harrow School Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of Wiltshire

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1845 births 1940 deaths