William Goulding (15 November 1817 – 8 December 1884) was an Irish Conservative Party politician from

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. He was a

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(MP) from 1876 to 1880. At the general election in February 1874, he was stood unsuccessfully as a candidate in Cork City, where both seats were won by nationalist Repeal Association candidates. After the Home Rule League MP Joseph Ronayne died in May 1876, the nationalist vote at the resulting by-election was split between two candidates for the single seat, and Goulding won the seat in the House of Commons. However, at the 1880 general election, nationalists fielded only two candidates for Cork's two seats, and Goulding was defeated. He stood again at the

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in February 1884 after the resignation of John Daly, but was defeated again. Two Conservatives candidates contested Cork City at the 1885 general election, and one Unionist candidate stood at the by-election in 1891, but Goulding was the last Conservative or Unionist to be elected as MP for Cork City.Walker, op. cit., pages 334–335 After his death in 1884, a

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window representing the Good Shepherd was erected to his memory on the east wall of Taney parish church in Dundrum, County Dublin.

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His son

William Goulding William Goulding (15 November 1817 – 8 December 1884) was an Irish Conservative Party politician from Cork. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1876 to 1880. At the general election in February 1874, he was stood unsuccessfully as a cand ...

(1856–1925), a prominent freemason who was director of several railway companies in Ireland, was made a

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in 1904. The 3rd Baronet,

Basil Goulding Sir William Basil Goulding (4 November 1909 – 16 January 1982) was an Irish art collector, cricketer, Squash (sport), squash player and prominent businessman. Personal life Sir Basil Goulding was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was educated at Wi ...

, was a notable art collector and the husband of

Valerie Goulding Valerie Hamilton, Hon. Lady Goulding (12 September 1918 – 28 July 2003) was an Irish campaigner for disabled people, and senator who set up the Central Remedial Clinic in 1951 alongside Kathleen O'Rourke which is now the largest organisation ...

, an Irish senator and campaigner for disabled people.

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* 1817 births 1884 deaths UK MPs 1874–1880 Irish Conservative Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Cork City {{Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub