Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet
Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, 2nd Baronet, CB, CVO (4 August 1843 – 4 May 1925) was the first son of Gabriel Goldney, Conservative MP for Chippenham. The title passed to him in 1900 on the death of his father.
Career
[edit]Goldney studied at Exeter College, Oxford[1] and qualified as a barrister of the Inner Temple.[2] He was appointed as a Royal Commissioner for the Norwich Election Enquiry of 1875 to investigate alleged corruption,[3] and the following year, Recorder of Helstone.[2] In 1879 he was appointed Recorder of Poole, resigning from that position in 1882.[4]
Other appointments included Remembrancer for the City of London in 1882, J.P. for Wiltshire[2] and Deputy Lieutenant for the City of London in 1894.[5] He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1906.[6] He also held the rank of Major in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.[2] He was an active Freemason[7] and was also appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in July 1902[8] and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1904 New Year Honours.[9]
On his death in 1925 the baronetcy passed to his younger brother Frederick.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "{Sir} Gabriel Prior GOLDNEY". genealogy.links.org. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Howard, Joseph Jackson; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1896). Visitation of England and Wales (1997 Reprint). Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc. p. 59. ISBN 0-7884-0622-1.
- ^ "ADDRESS FOR A ROYAL COMMISSION. (Hansard, 17 June 1875)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 17 June 1875. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ "Wiltshire County Council - Wiltshire and Swindon Archive Catalogue - Archive Information". history.wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ "No. 26573". The London Gazette. 23 November 1894. pp. 6625–6626.
- ^ "No. 27890". The London Gazette. 27 February 1906. p. 1434.
- ^ Kessinger Publishing LLC (2003). Representative British Freemasons (Reprint). Kessinger Publishing LLC. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-7661-3589-5.
- ^ "No. 27453". The London Gazette. 11 July 1902. p. 4441.
- ^ "No. 27630". The London Gazette. 29 December 1903. p. 8563.
- Deputy lieutenants of the City of London
- Members of the Inner Temple
- Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers
- 1843 births
- 1925 deaths
- High Sheriffs of Wiltshire
- Goldney family