Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
(1678-1766)
English courtier and politician
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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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Francis Godolphin 3 September 1678 Whitehall, London, England
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17 January 1766 (aged 87)
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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