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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.
By this his cousin and namesake, Francis Godolphin, succeeded as 2nd Baron Godolphin of Helston. Godolphin’s will made the 2nd baron the principal heir of his Cornish lands and his sole executor, but also laid out a daunting profusion of gifts to a large circle of servants, family members and friends.
She married Francis, 2nd Earl of Godolphin. She was the eldest daughter and co-heir of the great John (Churchill), Duke of Marlborough (who was buried briefly in a vault in the Abbey's Lady Chapel from 1722 until 1744 when his remains were removed to Blenheim Palace).
Godolphin, Francis, (1678-1766), 2nd Earl of Godolphin. This page summarises records created by this Person. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s)...
Styled Visct. Rialton 1706–12; suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Godolphin 15 Sept. 1712, uncle Charles Godolphin* 1720; cr. Baron Godolphin of Helston, Cornw. with spec. rem. to issue of his uncle Henry Godolphin, DD, 23 Jan. 1735. Offices Held.
Godolphin was born in Westminster, probably because his father was in attendance at Court. Orphaned at the age of seven, he was brought up by his uncle, Sir Francis Godolphin*, who in 1626 introduced him to Parliament as a Member for Helston while he was still a minor.
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, was a British politician, styled Viscount Rialton between 1706 and 1712, and member of the Kit-K Early 18th century mezzotint of The Earl of Godolphin (1678 – 1766).
