Earl of Godolphin

Earldom of Godolphin

Gules, an eagle with two heads displayed between three fleurs-de-lys two and one argent
Creation date29 December 1706
Created byQueen Anne
PeeragePeerage of England
First holderSidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin
Last holderFrancis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
Subsidiary titlesBaron Godolphin
StatusExtinct
Extinction date17 January 1766
Seat(s)Godolphin House
MottoFranc ha leal eto ge ("Frank and loyal thou art")
The 1st Earl of Godolphin, painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller

Earl of Godolphin was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1706 for Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin, the Lord High Treasurer. At the same time, he was created Viscount Rialton. In 1684 he had already been created Baron Godolphin, of Rialton, also in the Peerage of England. He was a leading politician of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, a Knight of the Garter and Governor of Scilly. Upon his death in 1712, his titles passed to his only child, Francis.[1]

This 2nd Earl of Godolphin married Henrietta, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. Their only son, William Godolphin, Marquess of Blandford, was childless and predeceased both his parents. In 1735 the 2nd Earl was created Baron Godolphin, of Helston, in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the male issue of his deceased uncle Henry Godolphin, Dean of St Paul's. When the 2nd Earl died in 1766, the Godolphin earldom, the Rialton viscounty, and the Godolphin barony of 1684 became extinct; but the Godolphin barony of 1735 devolved upon his cousin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin.[1]

The ancestral seat of the Godolphin family was Godolphin House near Helston in Cornwall. The family took a close interest in mining and a number of mines were founded on their land. At Wheal Vor they experimented with several new inventions (for instance, the Newcomen engine in 1715) to improve the working of their mines.[2]

Earls of Godolphin (1706)

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John Danvers
(1540–1594)
Osborne Baronets, of Kiveton, 1620Baron Danvers, of Dauntsey in the County of Wiltshire, 1603
Earl of Danby in the County of York (1st creation), 1626
Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet
(1596–1647)
1st Baronet		Eleanor DanversHenry Danvers
(1573–1644)
Earl of Danby and Baron Danvers
Earldom of Danby (1st creation) extinct, 1644
Anne Walmesley
Viscount Osborne of Dunblane, Baron Osborne of Kiveton in the County of York, and Viscount Latimer of Danby in the County of York, 1673
Earl of Danby (2nd creation) in the County of York, 1674
Marquess of Carmarthen, 1689
Duke of Leeds, 1694
Thomas Osborne
(1632–1712)
1st Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 2nd Baronet
Visounty Osborne surrendered, 1674
Baron Godolphin of Rialton in the County of Cornwall (1st creation), 1684
Earl of Godolphin and Viscount Rialton, 1706
Edward Osborne
(1655–1689)
styled Viscount Latimer		Peregrine Osborne
(1659–1729)
2nd Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne		Sidney Godolphin
(1645–1712)
1st Earl of Godolphin, Viscount Rialton, and Baron Godolphin (of Rialton)		Henry Godolphin
(1648–1733)
Baron Godolphin of Helston in the County of Cornwall (2nd creation), 1735
Peregrine Hyde Osborne
(1691–1731)
3rd Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne		Francis Godolphin
(1678–1766)
2nd Earl of Godolphin, Viscount Rialton, and Baron Godolphin (of Rialton)
1st Baron Godolphin (of Helston)		Francis Godolphin
(1706–1785)
2nd Baron Godolphin (of Helston)
Earldom of Godolphin, Viscounty Rialton, and Godolphin barony of Rialton, extinct, 1766Godolphin barony of Helston, extinct, 1785
Thomas Osborne
(1713–1789)
4th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne		Mary Godolphin
(1723–1764)
Thomas Osborne
(1747)
styled Marquess of Carmarthen		Francis Godolphin Osborne
(1751–1799)
5th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne
Baron Godolphin of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham (3rd creation), 1832
George William Frederick Osborne
(1775–1838)
6th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 10th Baron Conyers, de jure 13th Baron Darcy de Knayth		Francis Godolphin Osborne
(1777–1850)
1st Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal)
Francis Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne
(1798–1859)
7th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 11th Baron Conyers, de jure 14th Baron Darcy de Knayth		George Godolphin Osborne
(1802–1872)
8th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 2nd Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal)		Sydney Godolphin Osborne
(1808–1889)
George Godolphin Osborne
(1828–1895)
9th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 3rd Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal)		Sidney Francis Godolphin Osborne
(1835–1903)
George Frederick Osborne
styled Earl of Danby
(1861)		George Godolphin Osborne
(1862–1927)
10th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 4th Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal)
John Francis Godolphin Osborne
(1901–1963)
11th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 6th Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal)		Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne
(1884–1964)
12th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 5th Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal)
Dukedom extinct, 1964

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References

  1. ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1866). A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. pp. 232–234. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ Earl, Bryan (1994). Cornish Mining: The Techniques of Metal Mining in the West of England, Past and Present (2nd ed.). St Austell: Cornish Hillside Publications. p. 38. ISBN 0-9519419-3-3.