Francis Holyoake Goodricke
Sir Francis Lyttelton Holyoake Goodricke, 1st Baronet (1797 – 29 December 1865) was a British landowner and politician. He served as Member of Parliament from 1835 to 1837.
Biography[edit]
He was born Francis Lyttelton Holyoake, the eldest son of Francis Holyoake of Tettenham Hall, Staffordshire. In 1827 he married Elizabeth Martha, daughter of George Payne of Sulby Hall, Welford.[1] In 1833 Holyoake adopted the additional name and arms of Goodricke on succeeding to a large portion of the estates of Sir Harry Goodricke (to whom he was not related), including Ribston Hall, Yorkshire.[2]
He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Stafford at the 1835 general election,[3] and shortly afterwards he was created a baronet.[4] In May 1835 he took the Chiltern Hundreds[1] in order to sit for South Staffordshire, following Edward Littleton's elevation to the peerage;[5] his successor at the borough of Stafford was not elected until early 1837.[6]
Holyoake Goodricke retired from Parliament at the 1837 election. He lived at 19 Arlington Street, London and at Studley Castle, Warwickshire, and was patron of one living.[1] Until 1858 he was a partner in the firm of Holyoake, Goodricke and Co., bankers of Wolverhampton.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Michael Stenton, Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume I: 1832–1885 (1976) p. 159.
- ^ "No. 19112". The London Gazette. 20 December 1833. p. 2330.
- ^ "No. 19233". The London Gazette. 27 January 1835. p. 146.
- ^ "No. 19241". The London Gazette. 17 February 1835. p. 284.
- ^ "No. 19275". The London Gazette. 2 June 1835. p. 1048.
- ^ "No. 19469". The London Gazette. 24 February 1837. p. 449.
- ^ "No. 22202". The London Gazette. 19 November 1858. p. 4961.