Baron Godolphin is a title that was created three times: first in the

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, next in the

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, and then in the

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. The first creation, as Baron Godolphin, of Rialton in the County of

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, was in the

in September 1684 for

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, a leading politician of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and former MP for

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in Cornwall. In 1704 he was made a

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, and in December 1706 he was created Viscount Rialton and Earl of Godolphin. Upon his death in 1712, all these titles passed to his son

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. The second creation, as Baron Godolphin, of

in the County of Cornwall, was in the

in 1735 for

Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, (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, wh ...

, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the male issue of his deceased uncle

Henry Godolphin Henry Godolphin (1648–1733) was a Provost of Eton College and Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London – a position in which he clashed with Sir Christopher Wren in the period when the new cathedral had reached the finishing touches. Life He ...

, the

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. The 2nd Earl died on 17 January 1766. The Godolphin earldom, the Rialton viscounty, and Godolphin barony of 1684 became extinct; but the Godolphin barony of 1735 devolved according to the special remainder upon his cousin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin. He had previously represented

in the

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. On his death in 1785 this title became extinct as well. The third creation, as Baron Godolphin, of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham, was in the

on 14 May 1832 for Lord Francis Osborne, the second son of

Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, (29 January 1751 – 31 January 1799), styled Marquess of Carmarthen until 1789, was a British politician. He notably served as Foreign Secretary under William Pitt the Younger from 1783 to 1791. ...

. His grandmother was Lady Mary Godolphin, daughter of 2nd Earl of Godolphin, who had married Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds. On Lord Godolphin's death in 1850, the barony passed to his eldest son

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, who also inherited the dukedom of Leeds from his cousin in 1859. The Godolphin barony of 1832 and the dukedom of Leeds remained united until the death of Sir D'Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds in 1964, when both titles became extinct.

Barons Godolphin: First creation (1684)

* Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin (1645–1712) * Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin (1678–1766) (created Baron Godolphin in 1735)

Barons Godolphin: Second creation (1735)

* Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin (1678–1766) * Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin (1707–1785)

Barons Godolphin; Third creation (1832)

* Francis Godolphin Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin (1777–1850) * George Godolphin Osborne, 2nd Baron Godolphin (1802–1872) (succeeded as

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in 1859)

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