Baron Godolphin

Baron Godolphin is a title that was created three times: first in the Peerage of England, next in the Peerage of Great Britain, and then in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The first creation, as Baron Godolphin, of Rialton in the County of Cornwall, was in the Peerage of England in September 1684 for Sidney Godolphin, a leading politician of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and former MP for Helston in Cornwall. In 1704 he was made a Knight of the Garter, 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 Francis.

The second creation, as Baron Godolphin, of Helston in the County of Cornwall, was in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1735 for Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the male issue of his deceased uncle Henry Godolphin, the Dean of St Paul's. 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 Helston in the House of Commons. 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 Peerage of the United Kingdom on 14 May 1832 for Lord Francis Osborne, the second son of Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds. 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 George, 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 Duke of Leeds in 1859)

Family tree

Dukes of Leeds family tree

John Danvers (1540–1594) Osborne Baronets, of Kiveton, 1620 Baron Danvers, of Dauntsey in the County of Wiltshire, 1603 Earl of Danby in the County of York (1st creation), 1626 Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet (1596–1647) 1st Baronet Eleanor Danvers Henry Danvers (1573–1644) Earl of Danby and Baron Danvers Earldom of Danby (1st creation) extinct, 1644 Anne Walmesley Viscount Osborne of Dunblane, Baron Osborne of Kiveton in the County of York, and Viscount Latimer of Danby in the County of York, 1673 Earl of Danby (2nd creation) in the County of York, 1674 Marquess of Carmarthen, 1689 Duke of Leeds, 1694 Thomas Osborne (1632–1712) 1st Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 2nd Baronet Viscounty of Osborne surrendered, 1674 Baron Godolphin of Rialton in the County of Cornwall (1st creation), 1684 Earl of Godolphin and Viscount Rialton, 1706 Edward Osborne (1655–1689) styled Viscount Latimer Peregrine Osborne (1659–1729) 2nd Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne Sidney Godolphin (1645–1712) 1st Earl of Godolphin, Viscount Rialton, and Baron Godolphin (of Rialton) Henry Godolphin (1648–1733) Baron Godolphin of Helston in the County of Cornwall (2nd creation), 1735 Peregrine Hyde Osborne (1691–1731) 3rd Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne Francis Godolphin (1678–1766) 2nd Earl of Godolphin, Viscount Rialton, and Baron Godolphin (of Rialton) 1st Baron Godolphin (of Helston) Francis Godolphin (1706–1785) 2nd Baron Godolphin (of Helston) Earldom of Godolphin, viscounty of Rialton, and barony of Godolphin, extinct, 1766 Godolphin barony of Helston, extinct, 1785 Thomas Osborne (1713–1789) 4th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne Mary Godolphin (1723–1764) Thomas Osborne (1747) styled Marquess of Carmarthen Francis Godolphin Osborne (1751–1799) 5th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne Baron Godolphin of Farnham Royal in the County of Buckingham (3rd creation), 1832 George William Frederick Osborne (1775–1838) 6th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 10th Baron Conyers, de jure 13th Baron Darcy de Knayth Francis Godolphin Osborne (1777–1850) 1st Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal) Francis Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne (1798–1859) 7th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 11th Baron Conyers, de jure 14th Baron Darcy de Knayth George Godolphin Osborne (1802–1872) 8th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 2nd Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal) Sydney Godolphin Osborne (1808–1889) George Godolphin Osborne (1828–1895) 9th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 3rd Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal) Sidney Francis Godolphin Osborne (1835–1903) George Frederick Osborne styled Earl of Danby (1861) George Godolphin Osborne (1862–1927) 10th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 4th Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal) John Francis Godolphin Osborne (1901–1963) 11th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 6th Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal) Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne (1884–1964) 12th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 5th Baron Godolphin (of Farnham Royal) Dukedom extinct, 1964

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages