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15-610: Sidney Godolphin is the name of: Sidney Godolphin (colonel) (1652–1732), Member of Parliament for fifty years Sidney Godolphin (poet) (1610–1643), English poet Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (c. 1640–1712), leading British politician, MP for Helston in Cornwall 1665–Feb 1679, Sept 1679–1685 Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard (1838–1902), British colonial administrator [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

30-704: A seat he retained without interruption until 1713. He replaced his cousin the Earl of Godolphin as Governor of Scilly in April 1700 and was commissioned as a major in the Queen's regiment , part of the military expansion caused by the imminent outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession . However, he resigned his commission in early 1702 due to poor health and in June was appointed Auditor of

45-661: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sidney Godolphin (colonel) Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Godolphin (1652–1732) was an English soldier, politician and Member of Parliament for various seats between 1685 and 1732, becoming Father of the House in 1730. He also reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and was Governor of Scilly from 1700 until his death in September 1732. Baptised on 12 January 1652 in London , Sidney Godolphin

60-542: The Church of St Nicholas . It contains an elaborate monument installed by his daughter Ellen who inherited the bulk of his property. Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries,

75-572: The Inner Temple in 1668 but little is known of his activities until June 1685, when he was commissioned captain in the Earl of Bath's regiment , raised by James II following the Monmouth Rebellion . In the 1685 English general election , he was returned as MP for the family-controlled seat of Helston , although Parliament was suspended by James in November. In August 1688, his regiment

90-659: The Isles of Scilly , which had been owned by his family since the late 16th century. In addition to his duties as lieutenant-governor, he spent most of the next three years in Parliament, where he normally voted in favour of the government. In October 1693, Bevil Granville , then commanding the Earl of Bath's regiment in Flanders , became colonel and returned to London ; in February 1694, Godolphin

105-609: The Exchequer for Wales , where his wife owned property. He was generally viewed as a member of the Whig faction and in 1709 voted for the impeachment of High church minister and Tory favourite Henry Sacheverell . Although he held his seat in the 1710 Tory landslide that followed, he lost it when they made further gains in September 1713 . Following the succession of George I in August 1714,

120-653: The Tories were swept from office, ushering a period of Whig dominance which lasted nearly 50 years. Godolphin regained his seat at Helston in March 1715 , then switched to St Mawes in 1722 , followed by St Germans in 1727 . His long service meant he became Father of the House although he left little impact on the Parliamentary records. In 1723, he bought a house in Thames Ditton , where he died on 22 September 1732 and buried in

135-430: The captain is typically at the level of an officer commanding a company or battalion of infantry, a ship, or a battery of artillery, or another distinct unit. It can also be a rank of command in an air force. The term also may be used as an informal or honorary title for persons in similar commanding roles. The term "captain" derives from katepánō ( Ancient Greek : κατεπάνω , lit.   ' [the one] placed at

150-445: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sidney_Godolphin&oldid=1083714993 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2022 Short description

165-405: The top ' , or 'the topmost'), which was used as title for a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as [capetanus or catepan] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |labels= ( help ) , and its meaning seems to have merged with that of the late Latin capitaneus (which derives from the classical Latin word caput , meaning head). This hybridized term gave rise to

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180-1010: The wealthiest families in Cornwall , John Godolphin supported Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , unlike his Royalist cousins Sidney , killed in 1643, and Francis . During the Commonwealth , he served as Judge of the High Court of Admiralty , then as King's Advocate after the 1660 Stuart Restoration . In 1673, Godolphin married Susanna Tanat (1650-1723), youngest daughter and co-heiress of Rees Tanat of Llanyblodwel in Shropshire . They had one son, Tanat (1675-1696), who died of fever while serving in Flanders , and four daughters, Mary (1676-1766), Margaret (1678-1743), Ellen (1680-1754) and Penelope (1682-after 1732). Godolphin attended legal school at

195-478: Was promoted lieutenant colonel and went out to take his place. He served there for the next two years; during the operations around Namur in June 1695, he was captured by a French cavalry patrol. How long he was held prisoner is unclear, but he missed the November 1695 election and resigned his commission in 1696, shortly before the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick . In August 1698 , he was elected once again for Helston,

210-524: Was sent to garrison Plymouth , a key strategic port in the West Country ; the Earl of Bath , who was governor of the town, defected to William of Orange after his landing at Torbay during the November 1688 Glorious Revolution . In early 1689, Godolphin and a detachment of the regiment secured Guernsey , where he served as lieutenant governor for the next year. In March 1690 he was elected MP for Penryn and in April appointed lieutenant-governor of

225-414: Was the only surviving son of John Godolphin (1617–1678), an English jurist and author, and his second wife Mary Tregose, daughter of William Tregose of St Ives, Cornwall . His father married four times and had a total of eleven children, of whom only Sidney and two others survived childhood; his older half-brother Francis (1642-after 1679) and a half-sister Rebecca (1676-after 1699). A member of one of

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