Captain
Thomas William Goff
Member of Parliament
for Roscommon
In office
16 May 1859 – 5 March 1860
Serving with Fitzstephen French
Preceded byFitzstephen French
Oliver Dowell John Grace
Succeeded byFitzstephen French
Charles Owen O'Conor
Personal details
Born(1829-07-06)6 July 1829
Died3 June 1876(1876-06-03) (aged 46)
Haymarket, London
NationalityIrish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Dorothea FitzClarence
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(m. 1863; died 1870)​
Parent(s)Thomas Goff
Anne Caulfeild

Thomas William Goff (6 July 1829 – 3 June 1876)[1][2] was an Irish Conservative politician.[3]

Early life

He was a son of the Reverend Thomas Goff and the former Anne Caulfeild.[4] His paternal grandparents were Robert Goff and Sarah (née French) Goff and his maternal grandparents were Commodore Thomas Gordon Caulfeild (a son of the Ven. John Caulfeild and brother of Lt.-Gen. James Caulfeild) and Theodosia (née Talbot) Caulfield (a granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Glandore).

Career

Goff gained the rank of Captain in the 7th Dragoon Guards and held the office of High Sheriff of Roscommon, in 1858.[5]

Goff was elected Conservative MP for Roscommon at the 1859 general election, but was unseated on petition in March the next year on the grounds of treating.[3][6]

Personal life

On 17 March 1863, Goff was married to Dorothea FitzClarence (1845–1870), a daughter of Sarah Elizabeth Catharine Gordon (a granddaughter of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly through Maj. Lord Henry Gordon) and Lord Augustus FitzClarence (an illegitimate son of William IV of the United Kingdom).[2] Together, they lived at Oakport House in Roscommon, Ireland (inherited from his paternal grandmother's family),[7] and were the parents of:[8]

His wife died on 15 May 1870 at Brompton Crescent, Kensington. Goff died on 3 June 1876 at Rupert Street, Haymarket, London.

Arms

Coat of arms of Thomas William Goff
Notes
Confirmed 7 January 1861 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.[11]
Crest
A squirrel sejant Proper charged on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis Or and holding in its forepaws a nut also Proper.
Escutcheon
Azure on a chevron between two fleur de lis in chief and a demi-lion rampant couped in base Or an annulet Gules.
Motto
Honestas Optima Politia

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (10 September 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "R"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Lundy, Darryl (11 June 2008). "Thomas William Goff". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 310. ISBN 978-0901714121.
  4. ^ a b Walford, Edward (1893). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 412. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  5. ^ Burke, Bernard (1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland.
  6. ^ "House of Commons". The Scotsman. 6 March 1860. p. 2. Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Estate Record: Goff". landedestates.nuigalway.ie. NUI Galway. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  8. ^ a b Sir Bernard Burke, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 7th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1886), volume 1, page 745
  9. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p. 48.
  10. ^ "Ancaster, Earl of (UK, 1892 - 1983)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. F". National Library of Ireland. p. 203. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byFitzstephen FrenchOliver Dowell John Grace Member of Parliament for Roscommon 1859–1860 With: Fitzstephen French Succeeded byFitzstephen FrenchCharles Owen O'Conor Honorary titles Preceded byDaniel H. Irwin High Sheriff of Roscommon 1858 Succeeded byPatrick Hugh O'Conor
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