Ambrose Goddard (born 1819)
British politician
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Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard (9 December 1819 – 15 November 1898)[1] was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician.
Preceded byDaniel Gooch
Frederick William Cadogan
Frederick William Cadogan
Succeeded byDaniel Gooch
Nevil Story Maskelyne
Nevil Story Maskelyne
Preceded byJohn Neeld
Henry Thomas Howard
Henry Thomas Howard
Succeeded byDaniel Gooch
Frederick William Cadogan
Frederick William Cadogan
Ambrose Goddard | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Cricklade | |
| In office 4 February 1874 – 5 April 1880 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Gooch Frederick William Cadogan |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Gooch Nevil Story Maskelyne |
| In office 30 July 1847 – 19 November 1868 | |
| Preceded by | John Neeld Henry Thomas Howard |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Gooch Frederick William Cadogan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1819 |
| Died | 15 November 1898 (aged 78) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Charlotte Ayshford Sanford
(m. 1847) |
| Children | Five |
| Parent(s) | Ambrose Goddard Jessy-Dorothea Lethbridge |
Political career
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
- Goddard family of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Berkshire
