Ambrose Goddard (born 1819)
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Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard (9 December 1819 – 15 November 1898) was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician.
Political career
Goddard was first elected MP for Cricklade in 1847 and held the seat until 1868. In 1874 he regained the seat before stepping down at the next election in 1880.
Family
Goddard was the first son of former Cricklade MP Ambrose Goddard and Jessy-Dorothea Lethbridge, daughter of Somerset MP Thomas Lethbridge.
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:
- 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
External links
- Hansard1803–2005:
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| PrecededbyDaniel Gooch Frederick William Cadogan | Member of Parliament for Cricklade 1874–1880 With: Daniel Gooch | SucceededbyDaniel Gooch Nevil Story Maskelyne |
| PrecededbyJohn Neeld Henry Thomas Howard | Member of Parliament for Cricklade 1847–1868 With: Daniel Gooch (1865–1868) Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1859–1865) John Neeld (1847–1859) | SucceededbyDaniel Gooch Frederick William Cadogan |