Sir William Godolphin, 1st Baronet
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Sir William Godolphin, 1st Baronet (c. 1640 – 27 August 1710), of Godolphin in
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, was an English land owner, politician, and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Francis Godolphin, KB, who had been a Member of Parliament until being barred from sitting because of his
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, and who after the Restoration was knighted in reward for his loyalty. Probably also in token of Sir Francis's services, William was created a baronet on 29 April 1661. He represented the family borough of
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in Parliament from 1665 until 1679, but his career was overshadowed by that of his younger brother, Sidney, who rose to be
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and was granted a peerage and later an earldom; another brother,
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, took holy orders and ended as
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and Provost of Eton. Sir William died unmarried, and the family estates passed to his brother.


References

* * ''Burke's Extinct Peerage'' (London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831

*D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) , - 1640s births 1710 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1661–1679 Year of birth uncertain Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall People from Breage, Cornwall
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