Ambrose Goddard (born 1819)

Ambrose Goddard
MP
Member of Parliament
for Cricklade
In office
4 February 1874  5 April 1880
Serving with Daniel Gooch
Preceded by Daniel Gooch
Frederick William Cadogan
Succeeded by Daniel Gooch
Nevil Story Maskelyne
In office
30 July 1847  19 November 1868
Serving with Daniel Gooch (18651868)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper (18591865)
John Neeld (18471859)
Preceded by John Neeld
Henry Thomas Howard
Succeeded by Daniel Gooch
Frederick William Cadogan
Personal details
Born 9 December 1819
Died 15 November 1898(1898-11-15) (aged 78)
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Ayshford Sanford (m. 1847)
Children Five
Parents Ambrose Goddard
Jessy-Dorothea Lethbridge

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

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–)

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  2. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  3. Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours, Volume 4. Henry Colburn. p. 326. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. "Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard". The Peerage. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Daniel Gooch
Frederick William Cadogan
Member of Parliament for Cricklade
18741880
With: Daniel Gooch
Succeeded by
Daniel Gooch
Nevil Story Maskelyne
Preceded by
John Neeld
Henry Thomas Howard
Member of Parliament for Cricklade
18471868
With: Daniel Gooch (18651868)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper (18591865)
John Neeld (18471859)
Succeeded by
Daniel Gooch
Frederick William Cadogan
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