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Goldney may refer to: People *Francis Bennett-Goldney *Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet * Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet *Sir Frederick Goldney, 3rd Baronet *Sir Henry Goldney, 4th Baronet * George Goldney (1816–1871), English clergyman and cricketer *George Hone-Goldney (1851–1921), English lawyer and cricketer, and son of the above * John Goldney Others *Goldney baronets * Goldney family *Goldney Hall * Goldney House *Goldney River *Goldney ball *Goldney gardens Goldney Hall is a self-catered hall of residence in the University of Bristol. It is one of three in the Clifton area of Bristol, England. The hall occupies part of the grounds of Goldney House, built in the 18th century and remodelled in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldney Hall
Goldney Hall is a self-catered hall of residence in the University of Bristol. It is one of three in the Clifton area of Bristol, England. The hall occupies part of the grounds of Goldney House, built in the 18th century and remodelled in the 1860s. The house and several garden features are listed structures, and the garden is designated Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. History The Goldney family's influence in Bristol can be traced to 1637, when Thomas Goldney was sent by his father to Bristol from Chippenham in Wiltshire, to serve as an apprentice for seven years. His son born in 1664, also named Thomas, prospered as a grocer and in 1694 leased a country house in Clifton, now known as Goldney Hall. After the death of his father in 1703, Thomas Goldney II purchased a majority of the current Goldney Estate, complete with manor house, for a fee of £100 in 1705. In 1724 the earlier house was partially demolished to be replaced by a grander building, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldney House
Goldney Hall is a self-catered hall of residence in the University of Bristol. It is one of three in the Clifton area of Bristol, England. The hall occupies part of the grounds of Goldney House, built in the 18th century and remodelled in the 1860s. The house and several garden features are listed structures, and the garden is designated Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. History The Goldney family's influence in Bristol can be traced to 1637, when Thomas Goldney was sent by his father to Bristol from Chippenham in Wiltshire, to serve as an apprentice for seven years. His son born in 1664, also named Thomas, prospered as a grocer and in 1694 leased a country house in Clifton, now known as Goldney Hall. After the death of his father in 1703, Thomas Goldney II purchased a majority of the current Goldney Estate, complete with manor house, for a fee of £100 in 1705. In 1724 the earlier house was partially demolished to be replaced by a grander building, pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldney Ball
Goldney Hall is a self-catered hall of residence in the University of Bristol. It is one of three in the Clifton area of Bristol, England. The hall occupies part of the grounds of Goldney House, built in the 18th century and remodelled in the 1860s. The house and several garden features are listed structures, and the garden is designated Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. History The Goldney family's influence in Bristol can be traced to 1637, when Thomas Goldney was sent by his father to Bristol from Chippenham in Wiltshire, to serve as an apprentice for seven years. His son born in 1664, also named Thomas, prospered as a grocer and in 1694 leased a country house in Clifton, now known as Goldney Hall. After the death of his father in 1703, Thomas Goldney II purchased a majority of the current Goldney Estate, complete with manor house, for a fee of £100 in 1705. In 1724 the earlier house was partially demolished to be replaced by a grander building, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldney Family
The Goldney family were a wealthy English merchant trading family, most associated with Wiltshire and latterly Bristol. Later branches of the family became the Goldney baronets. Wiltshire The Goldney family made their monies as weavers and clothiers in Chippenham in the sixteenth century. Henry Goldney was a member of parliament for Chippenham, and in 1553 was appointed the first " Bayliff" of Chippenham. A 17th-century ancestor, also named Gabriel and a noted Freemason, left bequests in his will to provide "greatcoats for six poor inhabitants". Many of the Wiltshire-resident branch of the family are buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Corsham. Bristol Thomas Goldney I In 1637, his father sent Thomas Goldney I to serve as an apprentice for seven years in Bristol, to enable him to become a freeman. After almost nine years, on 22 June 1646, he paid his fee and became a freeman of the city of Bristol. In the same year, Thomas married Mary Clements, set himself up as a grocer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet
Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet (25 July 1813 – 8 May 1900) was a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885. He was created a baronet in May 1880. Ancestry and early life The Goldney family, from Bristol, became clothiers in Chippenham in the sixteenth century and were long afterwards associated with Wiltshire, and particularly the town. An ancestor, Henry Goldney, had also been a member of parliament for Chippenham and was in 1553 appointed the first " Bayliff" of Chippenham. A 17th-century ancestor, also named Gabriel, left bequests in his will to provide "greatcoats for six poor inhabitants". Goldney was born on 25 July and baptised at Chippenham on 3 December 1813. His father was Harry Goldney (1774–1852) and his mother Elizabeth (née Reade, c. 1789–1863). He was educated at Christ's Hospital (of which he later became a governor) from 1820 to 1828. Goldney married Mary Anne Alexander in Corsham on 16 September 1839, and they ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Frederick Goldney, 3rd Baronet
Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet of Corsham, Beechfield and Bradenstoke Priory (26 May 1845 – 21 February 1940) was the second son of Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet, Gabriel Goldney, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament, MP for Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency), Chippenham. The title passed to him on 4 May 1925 on the death of his brother, Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, 2nd Baronet, 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 Mayor of Chippenham in 1874 and 1888, High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1908 and also served as a Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire and Surrey. He married Ethel Julia Swayne, of Wilton, Wiltshire on 6 February 1875, and they had five children: Katherine Long Goldney (b. 1878), Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Bennett-Goldney
Major Francis Bennett-Goldney (1865 – 26 July 1918) was an antiquary, Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury and former Mayor of Canterbury, who died during World War I. He was born Francis Evans, the son of Sebastian Evans, in Moseley, near Birmingham. He later assumed his mother's family name of Bennett-Goldney. Bennett-Goldney was appointed as Athlone Pursuivant of the Order of St Patrick in February 1907, and has been mentioned as a possible suspect in the theft of the insignia of the Order, known as the Irish Crown Jewels, in July 1907. From at least 1899 to 1913, Bennett-Goldney was the honorary curator of Royal Museum and Art Gallery in Canterbury. He served as Mayor of Canterbury, 1906 – 11. He was elected as the Independent Unionist Member of Parliament for Canterbury at the general election of December 1910; he had stood at the January 1910 general election, narrowly failing to defeat the Conservative MP. In the years leading up to the war, he frequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldney Baronets
The Goldney Baronetcy, of Beechfield in the Parish of Corsham and Bradenstoke Abbey in the Parish of Lyneham, both in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 May 1880 for Gabriel Goldney, Conservative Member of Parliament for Chippenham. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1974. Sir John Goldney, Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, was the third son of the first Baronet. Armorial Goldney baronets, of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Abbey (1880) * Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet (25 July 1813 – 8 May 1900) was a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885. He was created a baronet in May 1880. Ancestry and early life The Goldney family, from Bristol, ... (1813–1900) * Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, 2nd Baronet (1843–1925) * Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet (1845–1940) * Sir Henry Hastings Goldney, 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet
Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, 2nd Baronet, (4 August 1843 – 4 May 1925) was the first son of Gabriel Goldney, Conservative MP for Chippenham. The title passed to him in 1900 on the death of his father. Career Goldney studied at Exeter College, Oxford and qualified as a barrister of the Inner Temple. He was appointed as a Royal Commissioner for the Norwich Election Enquiry of 1875 to investigate alleged corruption, and the following year, Recorder of Helstone. In 1879 he was appointed Recorder of Poole, resigning from that position in 1882. Other appointments included Remembrancer for the City of London in 1882, J.P. for Wiltshire and Deputy Lieutenant for the City of London in 1894. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1906. He also held the rank of Major in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. He was an active Freemason and was also appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in July 1902 and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1904 New Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goldney
Sir John Tankerville Goldney (15 June 1846 – 11 April 1920) was a British barrister who rose to be Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, and was also High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1910. He is also notable for introducing golf to Singapore in 1891. Early life Goldney was the third son of Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet of Beechfield, Corsham and Bradenstoke Abbey (both Wiltshire) and Mary Anne (née Alexander). He was born on 15 June 1846 and baptised at Corsham on 14 July. He attended Harrow School, studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar by Inner Temple on 30 April 1869. On 9 February 1875 he married Jane MacGregor Laird, daughter of John Laird, Member of Parliament for Birkenhead, where he lived for a while. Legal career In April 1880 he was appointed Attorney General of the Leeward Islands and translated to acting Chief Justice in 1881; in 1883 he was appointed a judge of the High Court of British Guiana, where he served until 1887. Goldney se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hone-Goldney
George Hone Hone-Goldney (24 January 1851 – 28 March 1921) was an English lawyer and cricketer who played in two first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University in 1873 and a single match for an amateur side in 1876. He was born in Southborough, Kent and died at Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ..., Hampshire. Hone-Goldney was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He played in a lot of minor matches at Cambridge, but had appeared in only one first-class game when picked for the University match in 1873: in this game, he batted at No 11 and bowled only two overs, without success. He made a similarly scant impression in his third and final first-class match in 1876, though the game itself, between a team called T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Goldney, 4th Baronet
Sir Henry Hastings Goldney, 4th Baronet, (3 July 1886 – 26 February 1974) was the only son of Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet. He inherited the title on 21 February 1940 on his father's death. Career Goldney married Violetta Alyns Barnes (1886–1965), but they had no children. He served in the Royal Engineers, and as a second lieutenant was awarded the Military Cross on 26 January 1917 for "conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great courage and skill in marking out assembly positions under very heavy fire, thereby materially assisting in the success of the operations." Goldney died in 1974 and is buried at Church of St Bartholomew, Corsham, St Bartholomew's Church, Corsham, alongside other members of his family. References * People from Wiltshire Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Royal Engineers officers Recipients of the Military Cross British Army personnel of World War I 1886 births 1974 deaths Goldney family, Henry {{UK- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
