Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin

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English statesman human peer of England

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English statesman and financial administrator who served as a leading minister under multiple monarchs and helped shape the fiscal foundations of the emerging British state.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English statesman → human → peer of England →
birthDate	1645-06-15 →
birthPlace	Godolphin, Cornwall →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
child	Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England →
deathDate	1712-09-15 →
deathPlace	St Albans, Hertfordshire →
educatedAt	Eton College →
familyName	Godolphin →
father	Sir Francis Godolphin →
givenName	Sidney →
memberOf	Privy Council of England →
militaryRank	Groom of the Bedchamber →
monarchServed	Anne, Queen of Great Britain → Charles II of England → James II of England → Mary II of England → William III of England →
mother	Dorothy Berkeley →
nobleTitle	Earl of Godolphin → Viscount Rialton →
notableWork	development of the financial system of the English state → fiscal administration during the War of the Spanish Succession →
parliamentaryTerm	Member of Parliament for East Looe → Member of Parliament for Godolphin → Member of Parliament for Helston → Member of Parliament for New Romney → Member of Parliament for St Mawes → Member of Parliament for Tregony →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Exchequer → Commissioner of the Treasury → First Lord of the Treasury → First Lord of the Treasury of Great Britain → Governor of Scilly → Lord Chamberlain to Catherine of Braganza → Lord High Treasurer of England → Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall → Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire → Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire → Lord Lieutenant of Scilly → Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire → Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire → Lord Warden of the Stannaries → Secretary of State for the Northern Department →
religion	Anglicanism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Margaret Blagge →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Earl of Godolphin → Margaret Blagge →	associatedWith
Earl of Godolphin → Godolphin →	notableMember
Anne, Queen of Great Britain →	associatedPrimeMinisterLikeFigure
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin →	father
Earl of Godolphin →	firstHolder
Earl of Godolphin →	hasTitleHolder
Godolphin →	nobleFamilyOf
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough →	relative
Margaret Blagge →	spouse