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, a Conservative MP for Chippenham. He inherited the title in 1900 upon his father's death.

Career

Goldney studied at Exeter College, Oxford,[1] and qualified as a barrister at 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, he became the Recorder of Helstone.[2] In 1879, he was appointed Recorder of Poole, but he resigned from that position in 1882.[4]

His 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] and held the rank of Major in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.[2] He was an active Freemason[7] and also received the honour of Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in July 1902[8] as well as being named a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1904 New Year Honours.[9]

Upon his death in 1925, the baronetcy passed to his younger brother Frederick.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "{Sir} Gabriel Prior GOLDNEY". genealogy.links.org. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  2. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ^ "ADDRESS FOR A ROYAL COMMISSION. (Hansard, 17 June 1875)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 17 June 1875. 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.
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