GODOLPHIN, Francis (1706-85), of Baylis, Bucks.

bap. 2 Nov. 1706, o.s. of Rev. Henry Godolphin, dean of St. Paul’s 1707-26 and a yr. bro. of Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin, by Mary, da. and h. of Sidney Godolphin, gov. of Scilly Isles. educ. Eton 1718-21; Queen’s, Oxf. 1723. m. (1) 18 Feb. 1734, Lady Barbara Bentinck (d. 13 Apr. 1736), da. of William, 1st Earl of Portland, s.p.; (2) 28 May 1747, Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, da. of John, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam [I], s.p. suc. fa. 1733; and cos. as 2nd Baron Godolphin 17 Jan. 1766.