Sidney Godolphin (colonel)

Colonel Sidney Godolphin (1652–1732) came from an ancient Cornish family. The Godolphin family had held a long lease of Scilly since the late 16th century. Godolphin was Governor of The Isles of Scilly and Auditor of Wales. He served in Parliament for nearly 50 years, where he was 'Father of the House'.

The Assessment Book of Thames Ditton showing assessments for the relief of the poor gives the Colonel's address as 'Ditton Street' — but it was probably Forde's Farm:

"He spent his time in arms till his state of health, requiring ease and quiet, made him quit a military life, but not the service of his Country, which he represented in Parliament near fifty years, and died Father of the House. It was his felicity to be valued and countenanced by his Sovereign, esteemed and loved by his friends and relations..."

Godolphin died at the age of 81 in 1732. He has a portrait-bust on his memorial, erected by his youngest daughter Ellen, in The Lady Chapel of St Nicholas Church.

References

• Philip J Burchett (1984). A Historical Sketch of THAMES DITTON. Surrey: Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents' Association. ISBN 0-904811-20-4. 
• TS Mercer (1970). More THAMES DITTON Tales and Scandals. Surrey: Ditton's Historical Research Society. ISBN 0-9501256-0-1. 

Parliament of England
Preceded by Samuel Rolle Alexander Pendarves	Member of Parliament for Penryn 1690–1695 With: Alexander Pendarves	Succeeded by Alexander Pendarves James Vernon
Preceded by Charles Godolphin Francis Godolphin	Member of Parliament for Helston 1698–1707 With: Charles Godolphin 1698–1701 Viscount Rialton 1701–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by James Kendall The Earl of Ranelagh	Member of Parliament for West Looe 1702 With: The Earl of Ranelagh	Succeeded by The Earl of Ranelagh Richard Hele
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Helston 1707–1713 With: Viscount Rialton 1707–1708 John Evelyn 1708–1710 George Granville 1710 Robert Child 1710–1713	Succeeded by Henry Campion Charles Coxe
Preceded by Thomas Tonkin Alexander Pendarves	Member of Parliament for Helston 1715–1722 With: Sir Gilbert Heathcote	Succeeded by Sir Robert Raymond Walter Carey
Preceded by William Lowndes John Chetwynd	Member of Parliament for St Mawes 1722–1727 With: Samuel Travers 1722–1726 Samuel Molyneux 1726–1727	Succeeded by Henry Vane John Knight
Preceded by Lord Binning Philip Cavendish	Member of Parliament for St Germans 1727–1732 With: Sir Gilbert Heathcote	Succeeded by Sir Gilbert Heathcote Richard Eliot
Court offices
Preceded by Hon. Laurence Hyde	Master of the Robes 1678–1679	Succeeded by Hon. Henry Sydney

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Name	Godolphin, Sidney
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Date of birth	1652
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Date of death	1732
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