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Ambrose Goddard (born 1819)

Ambrose Goddard (born 1819)

British politician


Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard (9 December 1819 – 15 November 1898)[1] was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician.

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Political career

Goddard was first elected MP for Cricklade in 1847 and held the seat until 1868. In 1874 he regained the seat before stepping down at the next election in 1880.[2]

Family

Goddard was the first son of former Cricklade MP Ambrose Goddard and Jessy-Dorothea Lethbridge, daughter of Somerset MP Thomas Lethbridge.[3]

He married Charlotte Ayshford Sanford, daughter of former Somerset and West Somerset MP Edward Ayshford Sanford and Henrietta Langham, in 1847. Together they had five children:[4]

  • Ambrose Ayshford Goddard (1848–1885)
  • Jessie Henrietta Goddard (1850–1920)
  • Fitzroy Pleydell Goddard (1852–1927)
  • Edward Hesketh Goddard (1855–1921)
  • Charles Frederick Goddard (1863–)

See also


References

  1. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  2. "Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard". The Peerage. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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