Sir Edward Goodere, 1st Baronet (1657 – 29 March 1739) of Burhope/Burghope House in the parish of Wellington, Herefordshire, was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1708 to 1727. He was primarily a

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, but in his first Parliament acted as a Whig.

Life

Goodere was the only surviving son of John Goodere of Burghope, Herefordshire and his wife Anne Morgan, the daughter of John Morgan of Kent. His father was a servant of the

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, who eventually became deputy-governor of

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, and Edward is sometimes said to have been born in India. It is more likely, however, that he was born during a long sojourn by his father in England from 1656 to 1662. On his permanent return to England in 1669, his father bought the Burghope (also rendered Burhope) estate. On 21 January 1679, at Bodenham, Herefordshire, Edward Goodere married Helen (or Eleanor) Dineley, the daughter and heiress of Sir Edward Dineley of

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, and his wife Frances Watson, the daughter of

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. The groom was 21 and the bride 15. Goodere was created a

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on 5 December 1707. He was returned as Member of Parliament for

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at the

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. He was returned again in

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and

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. At the 1722 British general election, Goodere was returned as MP for

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. Goodere's wife died aged 49 in January 1714, and was buried in the Dineley family vault at

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, Worcestershire. Goodere died at Burghope on 29 March 1739, aged 82. He and his wife had three sons. His eldest son was killed in a duel. He was thus succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Sir John Dineley Goodere, 2nd Baronet, who was later strangled on board HMS ''Ruby'', a crime for which his younger brother Samuel was executed. Sir John had left the Burghope estate to a nephew, John Foote.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodere, Edward, 1st Baronet 1657 births 1739 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 British MPs 1722–1727 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies