Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet

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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[]

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 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]

Goldney did not marry[1][2] and on his death in 1925 the baronetcy passed to his younger brother Frederick.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "{Sir} Gabriel Prior GOLDNEY". genealogy.links.org. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  3. ^ "ADDRESS FOR A ROYAL COMMISSION. (Hansard, 17 June 1875)". hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Wiltshire County Council - Wiltshire and Swindon Archive Catalogue - Archive Information". history.wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  5. ^ "No. 26573". The London Gazette. 23 November 1894. pp. 6625–6626.
  6. ^ "No. 27890". The London Gazette. 27 February 1906. p. 1434.
  7. ^ Kessinger Publishing LLC (2003). Representative British Freemasons (Reprint). Kessinger Publishing LLC. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-7661-3589-5.
  8. ^ "No. 27453". The London Gazette. 11 July 1902. p. 4441.
  9. ^ "No. 27630". The London Gazette. 29 December 1903. p. 8563.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Gabriel Goldney 		Baronet
(of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Abbey)
1900 – 1925 		Succeeded by
Frederick Hastings Goldney
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