Charles Godfrey (courtier)
Colonel Charles Godfrey (born in 1648 in Westminster. He died on 23 February 1714 in Bath, Somerset). was MP for Malmesbury and Chipping Wycombe.[1]
Charles Godfrey came from a recusant family, originating in Norfolk, son of Francis Godfrey of Little Chelsea, Middlesex.[1]
He was Master of the Jewel Office.[2] He was also one of the clerks comptrollers of the green cloth. The Clerk of the Green Cloth was a position in the British Royal Household. The clerk acted as secretary of the Board of Green Cloth, and was therefore responsible for organising royal journeys and assisting in the administration of the Royal Household.
Charles Godfrey lived in Great Windmill Street near Piccadilly Circus, London.[3]
Family
Charles Godfrey married Arabella Churchill, former mistress of King James II in 1678 at Ashe Hall, Devon. Charles and Arabella had a son and two daughters:
- Francis Godfrey (d. 1712)
- Charlotte Godfrey was born in 1679 in Penrhyn, Denbighshire, Wales. She married Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth (1675–1734). She died on 22 March 1754 in Tregothnan, Cornwall.
- Elizabeth Godfrey married Edmund Dunch MP (1677–1719).
References
- 1 2 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/godfrey-charles-1648-1715
- ↑ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 2, page 1866. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
- ↑ http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Archive/July/Page5.htm
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Thomas Estcourt John Fitzherbert |
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 1689–1690 With: Thomas Tollemache |
Succeeded by Goodwin Wharton Sir James Long |
| Preceded by Thomas Lewes William Jephson |
Member of Parliament for Wycombe 1691–1707 With: Thomas Lewes 1691–1696 Fleetwood Dormer 1696–1698, 1701–1707 John Archdale 1698–1699 Thomas Archdale 1699–1700 |
Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain |
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of England |
Member of Parliament for Wycombe 1707–1713 With: Fleetwood Dormer 1707–1710 Sir Thomas Lee 1710–1713 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Lee Sir John Wittewronge |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Hon. Heneage Montagu |
Master of the Jewel Office 1698–1704 |
Succeeded by John Charlton |
| Military offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Selkirk |
Colonel of Godfrey's Regiment of Cuirassiers 1688–1693 |
Succeeded by Francis Langston |