Frederick Goldney

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Goldney in Masonic regalia, c. 1915

Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Priory (26 May 1845 – 21 February 1940) was the second son of Gabriel Goldney, Conservative MP for Chippenham. The title passed to him on 4 May 1925 on the death of his brother, Gabriel Prior Goldney.[1]

Career[edit]

Goldney was educated at Harrow School[2] and became a landowner and Freemason, rising to become Grand Deacon of England.[2] He also wrote the books "A History of Freemasonry in Wiltshire" (1880)[3] and "Records of Chippenham", privately published in 1889.[4]

He was mayor of Chippenham in 1874 and 1888, High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1908[2] and also served as a justice of the peace for Wiltshire and Surrey.[1]

He married Ethel Julia Swayne, of Wilton, Wiltshire on 6 February 1875,[1] and they had five children: Katherine Long Goldney (b. 1878), Mary Delarivière Goldney (b. 1880), Eveline Margaret Hungerford Goldney (b. 1882), Lucy Hulbert Goldney (b. 1889) and Henry Hastings Goldney (b. 1886).[1]

His residences were Beechfield, Corsham, Wiltshire and Prior Place, Camberley, Surrey.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Howard, Joseph Jackson; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1997) [1896]. Visitation of England and Wales. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc. p. 59. ISBN 0-7884-0622-1. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d Anonymous (2003) [1915]. Representative British Freemasons. Kessinger Publishing LLC. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-7661-3589-5. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ^ Goldney, Frederick Hastings (December 2008). A History of Freemasonry in Wiltshire. ISBN 9780559687594. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  4. ^ Goldney, Frederick Hastings (22 February 2019) [1889]. Records of Chippenham Relating to the Borough. ISBN 9780469329607.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Abbey)
1925 – 1940
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