Groom of the Stool
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin.
British politician (1678-1766)
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About Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin,, 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.
Everything about Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin →- Occupation
- Groom of the Stool, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Lord Privy Seal, member of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain
- Born
- September 3, 1678
- Died
- January 17, 1766