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Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, PC (3 September 1678 – 17 January 1766), styled Viscount Rialton from 1706 to 1712, was an English courtier and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1712, when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Godolphin.
By this his cousin and namesake, Francis Godolphin, succeeded as 2nd Baron Godolphin of Helston. Godolphin’s will made the 2nd baron the principal heir of his Cornish lands and his sole executor, but also laid out a daunting profusion of gifts to a large circle of servants, family members and friends.
She married Francis, 2nd Earl of Godolphin. She was the eldest daughter and co-heir of the great John (Churchill), Duke of Marlborough (who was buried briefly in a vault in the Abbey's Lady Chapel from 1722 until 1744 when his remains were removed to Blenheim Palace).
Sir Francis retained the governorship of Scilly and the receivership of Devon and Cornwall until he died in 1640, although in the interim Godolphin took over his Vice-Admiralty functions and gained administrative experience as the earl of Salisbury’s Cornish receiver.
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin primary name: Godolphin, Francis other name: (Earl of) Godolphin
Biography. John Evelyn, the diarist, took a keen interest in the young Godolphin, being given responsibility for his early education. Much of Godolphin’s time as a youth was spent with the family of Mrs Boscawen, his maternal aunt, and with the Churchills at St. Albans.
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin (1678-1766), Lord Privy Seal. Sitter in 7 portraits.
