Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
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Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, PC (3 September 1678 – 17 January 1766), styled Viscount Rialton from 1706 to 1712, was an English courtier and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1712, when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Godolphin. Initially a Tory, he modified his views when his father headed the Administration in 1702 and was eventually a Whig. He was a philanthropist and one of the founding governors of the Foundling Hospital in 1739.
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The Earl of Godolphin | |
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In office 16 May 1735 – 7 April 1740 | |
Monarch | George II |
Preceded by | The Viscount Lonsdale |
Succeeded by | The Lord Hervey |
Cofferer of the Household | |
In office 1714–1723 | |
Monarch | George I |
Preceded by | The Lord Masham |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Bath |
In office 1704–1711 | |
Monarch | Anne |
Preceded by | Sir Benjamin Bathurst |
Succeeded by | The Lord Masham |
Teller of the Exchequer | |
In office 1699–1704 | |
Monarchs | William III, Anne |
Preceded by | Henry Carew |
Succeeded by | Thomas Coke |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 September 1678 Whitehall, London, England |
Died | 17 January 1766(1766-01-17) (aged 87) |
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Alma mater | Eton College King's College, Cambridge (M.A., 1705) |
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