Thomas William Goff (6 July 1829 – 3 June 1876)
was an
Irish Conservative politician.
Early life
He was a son of the Reverend Thomas Goff and the former Anne Caulfeild.
His paternal grandparents were Robert Goff and Sarah (
née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
French) Goff and his maternal grandparents were Commodore Thomas Gordon Caulfeild (a son of the Ven.
John Caulfeild and brother of
Lt.-Gen. James Caulfeild) and Theodosia (née Talbot) Caulfield (a granddaughter of the
1st Earl of Glandore).
Career
Goff gained the rank of
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
in the
7th Dragoon Guards and held the office of
High Sheriff of Roscommon
The High Sheriff of Roscommon was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Roscommon, Ireland from 1575 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Roscommon County Sheriff. The sherif ...
, in 1858.
[Burke, Bernard (1912). ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland''.]
Goff was elected Conservative MP for
Roscommon at the
1859 general election, but was unseated on
petition in March the next year on the grounds of treating.
Personal life
On 17 March 1863, Goff was married to Dorothea FitzClarence (1845–1870), a daughter of Sarah Elizabeth Catharine Gordon (a granddaughter of
George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly through Maj. Lord Henry Gordon) and
Lord Augustus FitzClarence (an illegitimate son of
William IV of the United Kingdom).
Together, they lived at Oakport House in Roscommon, Ireland (inherited from his paternal grandmother's family),
and were the parents of:
[Sir Bernard Burke, editor, ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 7th edition'', ( London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1886), volume 1, page 745]
* Ethel Anne Goff (1864–1928), who married Henry de Courcy Agnew, a son of
Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet
Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet DL (2 January 1818 – 25 March 1892) was a British politician and baronet.
Early life
Agnew was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 2 January 1818 into the Scottish Lowlands Clan Agnew.George Edward Cokayne, editor, ' ...
of
Lochnaw and Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel (a daughter of
Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough), in 1885. After his death, she married, secondly, Edmund Charrington in July 1911.
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 48.]
* Muriel Helen Goff (b. 1865)
*
Thomas Clarence Edward Goff
Thomas Clarence Edward Goff JP DL (28 May 1867 – 13 March 1949) was an Anglo-Irish landowner, farmer, and politician who was a great-grandson of King William IV.
Early life
Goff was born in London on 28 May 1867. He was the son of Thomas ...
(1867–1949), who held the office of
High Sheriff of Roscommon
The High Sheriff of Roscommon was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Roscommon, Ireland from 1575 until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Roscommon County Sheriff. The sherif ...
in 1891; he married Lady Cecile Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, a daughter of
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster and Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon (a daughter of
Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly),
in 1896.
His wife died on 15 May 1870 at
Brompton Crescent,
Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
. Goff died on 3 June 1876 at Rupert Street,
Haymarket, London.
Arms
References
External links
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1829 births
1876 deaths
High Sheriffs of Roscommon
Irish Conservative Party MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Roscommon constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1859–1865
Year of birth uncertain