Sidney

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Sidney is the given name of Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, a prominent English statesman and Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne.

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Sidney canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman
human
peer of England
associatedWith John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
birthDate 1645-06-15
birthPlace Godolphin, Cornwall
burialPlace Westminster Abbey
child Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1712-09-15
deathPlace St Albans, Hertfordshire
educatedAt Eton College
era Reign of Queen Anne
linked to: Stuart period

Restoration England
father Sir Francis Godolphin
gender male
givenName Sidney
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
house Godolphin family
linked to: Godolphin
laterPoliticalAlignment Whig
linked to: Whig Party
memberOf Privy Council of England
linked to: Privy Council
monarchServed Charles II of England
James II of England
Queen Anne
William III of England
mother Dorothy Berkeley
nobleTitle Baron Godolphin
Earl of Godolphin
Viscount Rialton
notableFor leading financial administration during the War of the Spanish Succession
service as Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne
notableWork reorganization of English public finances
occupation politician
statesman
parliamentaryBody House of Commons of England
parliamentaryConstituency Helston
St Mawes
Tregony
linked to: Penryn
politicalAlignment Tory
positionHeld First Lord of the Treasury
Lord High Treasurer
Member of Parliament
religion Anglicanism
spouse Margaret Blagge

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Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin givenName Sidney
subject linked to: Sidney
Sidney Godolphin givenName Sidney
subject linked to: Sidney Godolphin (poet)