BARONETAGE
			Last updated 19/01/2012
			Names of baronets shown in blue
			have not yet proved succession and, as a
			result, their name has not yet been placed on
			the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
			GOLDING of Colston Bassett,Notts
27 Sep 1642	E	1	Edward Golding		c 1656
c 1656		2	Charles Golding	c 1624	28 Sep 1661
28 Sep 1661		3	Edward Golding		8 Dec 1715
to			Extinct on his death
8 Dec 1715
			GOLDNEY of Bradenstoke Abbey,Wilts
11 May 1880	UK	1	Gabriel Goldney	25 Jul 1813	8 May 1900	86
			MP for Chippenham 1865-1885
8 May 1900		2	Gabriel Prior Goldney	4 Aug 1843	4 May 1925	81
4 May 1925		3	Frederick Hastings Goldney	26 May 1845	21 Feb 1940	94
21 Feb 1940		4	Henry Hastings Goldney	3 Jul 1886	26 Feb 1974	87
to			Extinct on his death
26 Feb 1974
			GOLDSMID of St Johns Lodge,Surrey
15 Oct 1841	UK	1	Isaac Lyon Goldsmid	13 Jan 1778	27 Apr 1859	81
27 Apr 1859		2	Francis Henry Goldsmid	1 May 1808	2 May 1878	70
			MP for Reading 1860-1878
			For further information on the death of this
			baronet,see the note at the foot of this page
2 May 1878		3	Julian Goldsmid	8 Oct 1838	7 Jan 1896	57
to			MP for Honiton 1866-1868,Rochester 1870-1880
7 Jan 1896			and St.Pancras South 1885-1896  PC 1895
			Extinct on his death
			GOLDSMID of Somerhill,Kent
22 Jan 1934	UK		See "D'Avigdor-Goldsmid"
			GOLDSMID-STERN-SALOMONS
			of Broomhill,Kent
26 Oct 1869	UK	1	David Salomons	22 Nov 1797	18 Jul 1873	75
			MP for Greenwich 1851-1852 and 1859-1873
18 Jul 1873		2	David Lionel Salomons (later Goldsmid-	28 Jun 1851	19 Apr 1925	73
to			Stern-Salomons)
19 Apr 1925			Extinct on his death
			GOOCH of Benacre Hall,Suffolk
4 Nov 1746	GB	1	William Gooch	21 Oct 1681	17 Dec 1751	70
17 Dec 1751		2	Thomas Gooch	19 Jan 1675	14 Feb 1754	79
14 Feb 1754		3	Thomas Gooch	c 1721	10 Sep 1781
10 Sep 1781		4	Thomas Gooch	1745	7 Apr 1826	80
7 Apr 1826		5	Thomas Sherlock Gooch	2 Nov 1767	18 Dec 1851	84
			MP for Suffolk 1806-1830
18 Dec 1851		6	Edward Sherlock Gooch	6 Jun 1802	9 Nov 1856	54
			MP for Suffolk East 1846-1856
9 Nov 1856		7	Edward Sherlock Gooch	16 May 1843	27 May 1872	29
27 May 1872		8	Francis Robert Sherlock Lambert Gooch	8 Sep 1850	13 Aug 1881	30
			For information on this baronet's wife, see the
			note at the foot of this page.
13 Aug 1881		9	Alfred Sherlock Gooch	20 Dec 1851	24 Feb 1899	47
24 Feb 1899		10	Thomas Vere Sherlock Gooch	10 Jun 1881	7 Jul 1946	65
7 Jul 1946		11	Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch	6 May 1903	13 Nov 1978	75
13 Nov 1978		12	Richard John Sherlock Gooch	22 Mar 1930	19 Apr 1999	69
19 Apr 1999		13	Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch	7 Dec 1934	9 Apr 2008	73
9 Apr 2008		14	Arthur Brian Sherlock Gooch	1 Jun 1937
			GOOCH of Clewer Park,Berks
15 Nov 1866	UK	1	Daniel Gooch	24 Aug 1816	15 Oct 1889	73
			MP for Cricklade 1865-1885
15 Oct 1889		2	Henry Daniel Gooch	30 Dec 1841	24 Jun 1897	55
24 Jun 1897		3	Daniel Fulthorpe Gooch	25 May 1869	22 Dec 1926	57
22 Dec 1926		4	Robert Douglas Gooch	19 Sep 1905	6 May 1989	83
6 May 1989		5	Trevor Sherlock Gooch	15 Jun 1915	26 May 2003	87
26 May 2003		6	Miles Peter Gooch	3 Feb 1963
			GOODENOUGH of Broadwell,Oxon
19 Jan 1943	UK	1	William Macnamara Goodenough	10 Mar 1899	23 May 1951	52
23 May 1951		2	Richard Edmund Goodenough	9 Jun 1925	13 Dec 1996	71
13 Dec 1996		3	William McLernon Goodenough	5 Aug 1954
			GOODERE of Burhope,Hereford
5 Dec 1707	GB	1	Edward Goodere	1657	29 Mar 1739	81
			MP for Evesham 1708-1715 and
			Herefordshire 1722-1727
29 Mar 1739		2	John Dinely Goodere	c 1680	24 Jan 1741
			For further information on this baronet, see the
			note at the foot of this page.
24 Jan 1741		3	Samuel Goodere [hanged for murdering	1687	20 Apr 1741	53
			his brother,the second baronet]
			For further information on this baronet, see the
			note at the foot of this page.
20 Apr 1741		4	Edward Dineley-Goodere	1729	Mar 1761	31
Mar 1761		5	John Dineley-Goodere	1729	Nov 1809	80
to			Extinct on his death
Nov 1809			For further information on this baronet, see the
			note at the foot of this page.
			GOODHART of Holtye,Sussex
1 Jul 1911	UK	1	James Frederic Goodhart	24 Oct 1845	28 Mar 1916	70
28 Mar 1916		2	Ernest Frederic Goodhart	12 Aug 1880	13 Jan 1961	80
13 Jan 1961		3	John Gordon Goodhart	14 Dec 1916	13 Jan 1979	62
13 Jan 1979		4	Robert Anthony Gordon Goodhart	15 Dec 1948
			GOODRICKE of Ribstan,Yorks
14 Aug 1641	E	1	John Goodricke	26 Apr 1617	Nov 1670	53
			MP for Yorkshire 1661-1670
Nov 1670		2	Henry Goodricke	24 Oct 1642	5 Mar 1705	62
			MP for Boroughbridge 1673-1679 and 1685-1705
5 Mar 1705		3	John Goodricke	16 Oct 1654	10 Dec 1705	51
10 Dec 1705		4	Henry Goodricke	8 Sep 1677	21 Jul 1738	60
21 Jul 1738		5	John Goodricke	20 May 1708	3 Aug 1789	81
			MP for Pontefract 1774-1780 and
			Ripon 1787-1789
3 Aug 1789		6	Henry Goodricke	12 Oct 1765	23 Mar 1802	36
23 Mar 1802		7	Henry James Goodricke	26 Sep 1797	22 Aug 1833	35
22 Aug 1833		8	Thomas Francis Henry Goodricke	24 Sep 1762	9 Mar 1839	76
to			Extinct on his death
9 Mar 1839
			GOODRICKE of Studley Castle,Warwicks
31 Mar 1835	UK		See "Holyoake-Goodricke"
			GOODSON of Waddeton Court,Devon
18 Jan 1922	UK	1	Alfred Lassam Goodson	17 May 1867	29 Nov 1940	73
29 Nov 1940		2	Alfred Lassam Goodson	26 Aug 1893	17 Feb 1986	92
17 Feb 1986		3	Mark Weston Lassam Goodson	12 Dec 1925
			GOOLD of Old Court,Cork
8 Aug 1801	UK	1	Francis Goold		20 Aug 1818
20 Aug 1818		2	George Goold	29 Mar 1778	16 Mar 1870	91
16 Mar 1870		3	Henry Valentine Goold	7 Jul 1803	18 Jun 1893	89
18 Jun 1893		4	James Stephen Goold	13 Oct 1848	12 Aug 1926	77
			For further information on this baronet and his
			younger brother,Vere Goold, see the note at
			the foot of this page
12 Aug 1926		5	George Patrick Goold	9 Jul 1878	Jan 1954	75
Jan 1954		6	George Ignatius Goold	29 Apr 1903	26 Apr 1967	63
26 Apr 1967		7	George Leonard Goold	26 Aug 1923	31 Aug 1997	74
31 Aug 1997		8	George William Goold	25 Mar 1950
			GORDON of Letterfourie,Sutherland
28 May 1625	NS	1	Robert Gordon	14 May 1580	Mar 1656	75
Mar 1656		2	Ludovick Gordon	15 Oct 1624	c 1685
c 1685		3	Robert Gordon	7 Mar 1647	5 Sep 1704	57
5 Sep 1704		4	Robert Gordon	1696	8 Jan 1772	75
			MP for Buteshire and Caithness 1715-1722
8 Jan 1772		5	Robert Gordon	c 1738	2 Jun 1776
2 Jun 1776		6	William Gordon		5 Mar 1795
5 Mar 1795		7	Alexander Gordon	1715	16 Jan 1797	81
16 Jan 1797		8	James Gordon	1779	24 Dec 1843	64
24 Dec 1843		9	William Gordon	26 Dec 1803	5 Dec 1861	57
5 Dec 1861		10	Robert Glendonwyn Gordon	1824	24 Mar 1908	83
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
24 Mar 1908
			GORDON of Cluny,Aberdeen
31 Aug 1625	NS	1	Alexander Gordon		c 1648
c 1648		2	John Gordon		c 1668
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
c 1668
			GORDON of Lesmore,Aberdeen
2 Sep 1625	NS	1	James Gordon		c 1640
c 1640		2	James Gordon		c 1647
c 1647		3	William Gordon		c 1671
c 1671		4	William Gordon		c 1684
c 1684		5	James Gordon		c 1710
c 1710		6	William Gordon		15 Sep 1750
15 Sep 1750		7	Alexander Gordon		25 Mar 1782
25 Mar 1782		8	Francis Gordon	c 1764	9 Nov 1839
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
9 Nov 1839
			GORDON of Lochinvar,Kirdcudbright
1 May 1626	NS	1	Robert Gordon	c 1565	Nov 1628
Nov 1628		2	John Gordon	c 1600	12 Sep 1634
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Kenmure (qv) in 1633 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until it became
			dormant in 1847
			GORDON of Embo,Sutherland
18 Jun 1631	NS	1	John Gordon		1649
1649		2	Robert Gordon		16 Oct 1697
16 Oct 1697		3	John Gordon		10 May 1701
10 May 1701		4	William Gordon		14 Apr 1760
14 Apr 1760		5	John Gordon		24 Jan 1779
24 Jan 1779		6	James Gordon		1786
1786		7	William Gordon	1736	7 Jan 1804	67
7 Jan 1804		8	John Gordon		12 Nov 1804
12 Nov 1804		9	Orford Gordon		19 Jun 1857
19 Jun 1857		10	William Home Gordon	1818	18 Sep 1876	58
18 Sep 1876		11	Home Seton Gordon	21 Mar 1845	11 Dec 1906	61
11 Dec 1906		12	Home Seton Charles Montagu Gordon	30 Sep 1871	9 Sep 1956	84
to			Extinct or dormant on his death
9 Sep 1956
			GORDON of Haddo,Aberdeen
13 Aug 1642	NS	1	John Gordon	1610	19 Jul 1644	34
19 Jul 1644		2	John Gordon	c 1632	1665
1665		3	George Gordon	3 Oct 1637	20 Apr 1720	82
			He was subsequently created Earl of
			Aberdeen (qv) in 1682 with which title
			the baronetcy remains merged
			GORDON of Park,Banff
21 Aug 1686	NS	1	John Gordon		Feb 1713
Feb 1713		2	James Gordon		15 Dec 1727
15 Dec 1727		3	William Gordon		5 Jun 1751
5 Jun 1751		4	John James Gordon	26 Mar 1749	11 Dec 1780	31
11 Dec 1780		5	John Bury Gordon	5 Apr 1779	23 Jul 1835	56
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
23 Jul 1835
			GORDON of Dalpholly,Sutherland
3 Feb 1704	NS	1	William Gordon		9 Jun 1742
			MP for Sutherlandshire 1708-1713 and
			1714-1727 and Cromartyshire 1741-1742
9 Jun 1742		2	John Gordon	c 1707	25 May 1783
			MP for Cromartyshire 1742-1747 and
			1754-1761
25 May 1783		3	Adam Gordon		2 Nov 1817
2 Nov 1817		4	George Gordon		1840
1840		5	Adam Gordon		1850
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
1850
			GORDON of Earlston,Kirkcudbright
9 Jul 1706	NS	1	William Gordon	1654	Dec 1718	64
Dec 1718		2	Alexander Gordon	1650	10 Nov 1726	76
10 Nov 1726		3	Thomas Gordon	26 Oct 1685	23 Mar 1769	83
23 Mar 1769		4	John Gordon	20 Dec 1720	17 Oct 1795	74
17 Oct 1795		5	John Gordon	4 Oct 1780	8 Jan 1843	62
8 Jan 1843		6	William Gordon	20 Oct 1830	12 May 1906	75
12 May 1906		7	Charles Edward Gordon	14 Apr 1835	3 Dec 1910	75
3 Dec 1910		8	Robert Charles Gordon	17 Apr 1862	30 Aug 1939	77
30 Aug 1939		9	John Charles Gordon	4 Jan 1901	1982	81
1982		10	Robert James Gordon	17 Aug 1932
			GORDON of Newark-upon-Trent,Notts
21 Aug 1764	GB	1	Samuel Gordon		29 Apr 1780
29 Apr 1780		2	Jenison William Gordon	30 Sep 1747	9 May 1831	83
to			Extinct on his death
9 May 1831
			GORDON of Halkin,Ayr
12 Nov 1813	UK		See "Duff-Gordon"
			GORDON of Northcourt,Isle of Wight
5 Dec 1818	UK	1	James Willoughby Gordon	21 Oct 1772	4 Jan 1851	78
			MP for Launceston 1830-1831
4 Jan 1851		2	Henry Percy Gordon	21 Oct 1806	29 Jul 1876	69
to			Extinct on his death
29 Jul 1876
			GORDON of Jamaica,West Indies
19 Jul 1838	UK		See "Smith-Gordon"
			GORDON-CUMMING of Altyre,Elgin
21 May 1804	UK	1	Alexander Penrose Cumming (later Gordon-
			Cumming)	19 May 1749	10 Feb 1806	56
			MP for Inverness 1802-1803
10 Feb 1806		2	William Gordon Gordon-Cumming	20 Jul 1787	25 Nov 1854	67
			MP for Elgin Burghs 1831-1832
25 Nov 1854		3	Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming	17 Aug 1816	2 Sep 1866	50
2 Sep 1866		4	William Gordon Gordon-Cumming	20 Jul 1848	20 May 1930	81
20 May 1930		5	Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming	12 Sep 1893	23 Feb 1939	45
23 Feb 1939		6	William Gordon Gordon-Cumming	19 Jun 1928	10 Jan 2002	73
10 Jan 2002		7	Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming	15 Apr 1954
			GORDON-CUMMING-DUNBAR
			of Northfield,Scotland
10 Apr 1700	NS		See "Dunbar"
			GORE of Magharabeg,Donegal
2 Feb 1622	I	1	Paul Gore		Sep 1629
Sep 1629		2	Ralph Gore		c 1661
c 1661		3	William Gore		1700
1700		4	Ralph Gore	1675	23 Feb 1733	57
			Chancellor of the Exchequer [I] 1717.
			Speaker of the House of Commons [I] 1729
23 Feb 1733		5	St.George Gore-St.George	25 Jun 1722	25 Sep 1746	24
25 Sep 1746		6	Ralph Gore,later [1772] 1st Earl of Ross	23 Nov 1725	Sep 1802	76
Sep 1802		7	Ralph Gore	3 Dec 1758	25 Mar 1842	83
25 Mar 1842		8	St.George Gore	28 Apr 1811	31 Dec 1878	67
31 Dec 1878		9	St.George Ralph Gore	21 Sep 1841	17 Oct 1887	46
17 Oct 1887		10	Ralph St.George Claude Gore	12 May 1877	27 Mar 1961	83
27 Mar 1961		11	Ralph St.George Brian Gore	31 May 1908	28 Jun 1973	65
28 Jun 1973		12	St.George Ralph Gore	14 Dec 1914	13 Nov 1973	58
13 Nov 1973		13	Richard Ralph St.George Gore	19 Nov 1954	30 Oct 1993	38
30 Oct 1993		14	Nigel Hugh St.George Gore	23 Dec 1922	23 Sep 2008	85
23 Sep 2008		15	Hugh Frederick Corbet Gore	31 Dec 1934
			GORE of Newtown,Mayo
10 Apr 1662	I	1	Arthur Gore		20 Dec 1697
20 Dec 1697		2	Arthur Gore	by Sep 1682	10 Feb 1741
10 Feb 1741		3	Arthur Gore	1703	17 Apr 1773	69
			He was subsequently created Earl of Arran
			(qv) in 1762 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged
			GORE of Belleek,Mayo
5 Dec 1868	UK		See "Knox-Gore"
			GORE-BOOTH of Lissadill,Sligo
30 Aug 1760	I	1	Booth Gore	1712	22 Jul 1773	61
22 Jul 1773		2	Booth Gore		17 Jun 1804
17 Jun 1804		3	Robert Newcomen Booth (Gore-Booth
			from 30 Aug 1804)		23 Oct 1814
23 Oct 1814		4	Robert Gore-Booth	25 Aug 1805	21 Dec 1876	71
			MP for co.Sligo 1850-1876. Lord Lieutenant
			Sligo 1868-1876
21 Dec 1876		5	Henry William Gore-Booth	1 Jul 1843	13 Jan 1900	56
13 Jan 1900		6	Josslyn Augustus Richard Gore-Booth	25 Feb 1869	14 Mar 1944	75
14 Mar 1944		7	Michael Savile Gore-Booth	24 Jul 1908	16 Mar 1987	78
16 Mar 1987		8	Angus Josslyn Gore-Booth	25 Jun 1920	26 Jan 1996
26 Jan 1996		9	Josslyn Henry Robert Gore-Booth	5 Oct 1950
			GORGES of Langford,Wilts
25 Nov 1611	E	1	Edward Gorges		c 1650
			He was subsequently created Baron Gorges of
			Dundalk (qv) in 1620 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1712
			GORGES-MEREDYTH
			of Catharines Grove,Dublin
5 Sep 1787	I	1	Richard Gorges-Meredyth	7 May 1735	Sep 1821	86
to			Extinct on his death
Sep 1821
			GORING of Burton,Sussex
14 May 1622	E	1	William Goring		25 Feb 1658
			MP for Sussex 1628-1629
25 Feb 1658		2	Henry Goring	c 1618	8 Jun 1671
8 Jun 1671		3	William Goring	c 1659	29 Feb 1724
to			Extinct on his death
29 Feb 1724
			GORING of Leighthorne,Sussex
18 May 1678	E	1	James Bowyer		28 Feb 1680
28 Feb 1680		2	Henry Goring	22 May 1622	3 Apr 1702	79
			MP for Sussex 1660 and 1685-1687 and
			Steyning 1661-1679
3 Apr 1702		3	Charles Goring	c 1668	13 Jan 1714
13 Jan 1714		4	Harry Goring	16 Sep 1679	12 Nov 1731	52
			MP for Horsham 1707-1708 and 1715, and
			Steyning 1709-1715
12 Nov 1731		5	Charles Mathew Goring	15 May 1706	Aug 1769	63
Aug 1769		6	Harry Goring	26 Apr 1739	1 Dec 1824	85
			MP for New Shoreham 1790-1796
1 Dec 1824		7	Charles Foster Goring	11 Jul 1768	26 Mar 1844	75
26 Mar 1844		8	Harry Dent Goring	30 Dec 1801	19 Apr 1859	57
			MP for New Shoreham 1832-1841
19 Apr 1859		9	Charles Goring	2 Jun 1828	3 Nov 1884	56
3 Nov 1884		10	Craven Charles Goring	24 Oct 1841	14 Mar 1897	55
			For information regarding a dream experienced by
			this baronet's wife and subsequent events,see
			the note at the foot of this page
14 Mar 1897		11	Harry Yelverton Goring	19 Jul 1840	20 Aug 1911	71
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
20 Aug 1911		12	Forster Gurney Goring	19 Jun 1876	1 May 1956	79
1 May 1956		13	William Burton Nigel Goring	21 Jun 1933
			GOSCHEN of Beacon Lodge,Hants
17 Jan 1916	UK	1	William Edward Goschen	18 Jul 1847	20 May 1924	76
			PC 1905
20 May 1924		2	Edward Henry Goschen	9 Mar 1876	7 Aug 1933	57
7 Aug 1933		3	Edward Christian Goschen	2 Sep 1913	8 Mar 2001	87
8 Mar 2001		4	Edward Alexander Goschen	13 Mar 1949
			GOSCHEN of Durrington House,Essex
27 Jun 1927	UK	1	Harry William Henry Neville Goschen	1865	7 Jul 1945	80
to			Extinct on his death
7 Jul 1945
			GOSTWICK of Willington,Beds
25 Nov 1611	E	1	William Gostwick	2 Dec 1565	19 Sep 1615	49
19 Sep 1615		2	Edward Gostwick	1588	20 Sep 1630	42
20 Sep 1630		3	Edward Gostwick	1619	24 Feb 1671	51
24 Feb 1671		4	William Gostwick	21 Aug 1650	24 Jan 1720	69
			MP for Bedfordshire 1698-1713
24 Jan 1720		5	William Gostwick		6 May 1766
to			On his death the baronetcy became either
6 May 1766			extinct or dormant
			GOUGH of Edgbaston,Warwicks
6 Apr 1728	GB	1	Henry Gough	9 Mar 1708	8 Jun 1774	66
			MP for Totnes 1732-1734 and Bramber
			1734-1741
8 Jun 1774		2	Henry Gough (Gough-Calthorpe from 7 May 1788)	1 Jan 1748	16 Mar 1798	50
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Calthorpe (qv) in 1796 with which title
			the baronetcy then merged until its
			extinction in 1997
			GOUGH of Goojerat,India
23 Dec 1842	UK	1	Hugh Gough	3 Nov 1779	2 Mar 1869	89
			He was subsequently created Viscount
			Gough (qv) in 1849 with which title the
			baronetcy remains merged
			GOUGH-CALTHORPE of Elveham,Hants
1 Jul 1929	UK		See "Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe"
			GOULD of London
13 Jun 1660	E	1	Nicholas Gould		23 Jan 1664
to			MP for Fowey 1648-1653 and 1659-1660
23 Jan 1664			Extinct on his death
			GOULDING of Millicent,Kildare
22 Aug 1904	UK	1	William Joshua Goulding	7 Mar 1856	12 Jul 1925	69
12 Jul 1925		2	William Lingard Amphlett Goulding	5 Oct 1883	20 Jun 1935	51
20 Jun 1935		3	William Basil Goulding	4 Nov 1909	16 Jan 1982	72
16 Jan 1982		4	William Lingard Walter Goulding	11 Jul 1940
			GOULDING of Wargrave Hall,Oxon
25 Jun 1915	UK	1	Edward Alfred Goulding	5 Nov 1862	17 Jul 1936	73
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Wargrave (qv) in 1922 with which title
			the baronetcy then merged until its
			extinction in 1936
			GOWER of Sittersham,Yorks
2 Jun 1620	E	1	Thomas Gower	1584	c 1655
c 1655		2	Thomas Gower	c 1605	3 Sep 1672
			MP for Malton 1661-1672
3 Sep 1672		3	Thomas Gower	c 1666	8 Oct 1689
8 Oct 1689		4	William Leveson-Gower	c 1647	22 Dec 1691
			MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1675-1681
			and 1689-1691 and Shropshire 1681-1685
22 Dec 1691		5	John Leveson-Gower	7 Jan 1675	31 Aug 1709	34
			He was subsequently created Baron Gower
			(qv) in 1703 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged. The baronetcy is
			now merged in the Dukedom of Sutherland
			GRAAFF of Tygerberg,South Africa
6 Feb 1911	UK	1	David Pieter de Villiers Graaff	30 Mar 1859	13 Apr 1931	72
13 Apr 1931		2	de Villiers Graaff	8 Dec 1913	4 Oct 1999	85
4 Oct 1999		3	David de Villiers Graaff	3 May 1940
			GRACE of Grace Castle,Kilkenny
11 May 1795	GB	1	Richard Grace Gamon	14 Aug 1748	8 Apr 1818	69
			MP for Winchester 1784-1812
8 Apr 1818		2	William Grace		27 Jan 1841
27 Jan 1841		3	William Grace	6 Nov 1817	23 Mar 1887	69
23 Mar 1887		4	Percy Raymond Grace	11 Aug 1831	16 Aug 1903	72
16 Aug 1903		5	Valentine Raymond Grace	11 Jan 1877	3 May 1945	68
3 May 1945		6	Raymond Eustace Grace	6 Jan 1903	16 Apr 1977	74
to			Extinct on his death
16 Apr 1977
			GRAEME of Holly Grove,Berks
18 Dec 1783	GB		See "Hamond-Graeme"
			GRAHAM of Braco,Perth
28 Sep 1625	NS	1	William Graham		c 1635
c 1635		2	John Graham		c 1646
c 1646		3	William Graham		c 1684
c 1684		4	James Graham	c 1661	c 1700
to			On his death the baronetcy became dormant
c 1700			but has since been assumed by the Dukes
			Montrose
			GRAHAM of Esk,Cumberland
29 Mar 1629	E	1	Richard Graham		28 Jan 1654
			MP for Carlisle 1626 and 1628-1629
28 Jan 1654		2	George Graham	c 1624	19 Mar 1658
19 Mar 1658		3	Richard Graham,later [1681] 1st
			Viscount Preston	24 Sep 1648	22 Nov 1695	47
22 Nov 1695		4	Edward Graham,2nd Viscount Preston	1679	1710	31
1710		5	Charles Graham,3rd Viscount Preston	25 Mar 1706	23 Feb 1739	32
23 Feb 1739		6	William Graham	1730	21 Sep 1774	44
21 Sep 1774		7	Charles Graham	11 Nov 1764	26 Nov 1795	31
26 Nov 1795		8	Robert Graham	1 Nov 1769	27 Jan 1852	82
27 Jan 1852		9	Edward Graham	1 Jan 1820	27 May 1864	44
27 May 1864		10	Robert James Stuart Graham	2 Dec 1845	12 May 1917	71
12 May 1917		11	Montrose Stuart Graham	20 May 1875	16 Jan 1939	63
16 Jan 1939		12	Montrose Stuart Graham	4 Aug 1904	1975	70
1975		13	Ralph Wolfe Graham	14 Jul 1908	1988	79
1988		14	Ralph Stuart Graham	5 Nov 1950
			GRAHAM of Norton Conyers,Yorks
17 Nov 1662	E	1	Richard Graham	11 Mar 1636	21 Dec 1711	75
21 Dec 1711		2	Reginald Graham	30 Jul 1670	20 May 1728	57
20 May 1728		3	Bellingham Graham	20 Aug 1702	1 Apr 1730	27
1 Apr 1730		4	Reginald Graham	16 May 1704	29 Oct 1755	51
29 Oct 1755		5	Bellingham Graham	14 Jun 1729	3 Oct 1790	61
3 Oct 1790		6	Bellingham Graham	c 1764	13 Apr 1796
13 Apr 1796		7	Bellingham Reginald Graham	4 Nov 1789	15 Jun 1866	76
15 Jun 1866		8	Reginald Henry Graham	22 Apr 1835	27 Dec 1920	85
27 Dec 1920		9	Reginald Guy Graham	28 May 1878	2 Jun 1940	62
2 Jun 1940		10	Richard Bellingham Graham	17 May 1912	29 Jan 1982	69
29 Jan 1982		11	James Bellingham Graham	8 Oct 1940
			GRAHAM of Gartmore,Stirling
28 Jun 1665	NS	1	William Graham		Dec 1684
Dec 1684		2	John Graham		12 Jul 1708
to			Extinct on his death
12 Jul 1708
			GRAHAM of Netherby,Cumberland
15 Jan 1783	GB	1	James Graham	22 Apr 1761	13 Apr 1824	62
			MP for Ripon 1798-1807
13 Apr 1824		2	James Robert George Graham	1 Jun 1792	25 Oct 1861	69
			MP for Hull 1818-1820, St.Ives 1820-1821,
			Carlisle 1826-1829, Cumberland 1829-1832,
			Cumberland East 1832-1837, Pembroke
			1838-1841, Dorchester 1841-1847, Ripon
			1847-1852 and Carlisle 1852-1861. First
			Lord of the Admiralty 1830-1834 and 1852-
			1855. Home Secretary 1841-1846. PC 1830
25 Oct 1861		3	Frederick Ulric Graham	2 Apr 1820	8 Mar 1888	67
8 Mar 1888		4	Richard James Graham	24 Feb 1859	26 Aug 1932	73
26 Aug 1932		5	Frederick Fergus Graham	10 Mar 1893	1 Aug 1978	85
			Lord Lieutenant Cumberland 1958-1968
			MP for Cumberland North 1926-1935 and
			Darlington 1951-1959
1 Aug 1978		6	Charles Spencer Richard Graham	16 Jul 1919	11 Jul 1997	77
			Lord Lieutenant Cumberland 1983-1994
11 Jul 1997		7	James Fergus Surtees Graham	29 Jul 1946
			GRAHAM of Kirkstall,Yorks
3 Oct 1808	UK	1	James Graham	18 Nov 1753	21 Mar 1825	71
			MP for Cockermouth 1802-1805 and 1806-1812,
			Wigtown 1805-1806 and Carlisle 1812-1825
21 Mar 1825		2	Sandford Graham	10 Mar 1788	14 Sep 1852	64
			MP for Aldeburgh 1812 and Ludgershall 1812-1815,
			1818-1826 and 1830-1832
14 Sep 1852		3	Sandford Graham	21 Feb 1821	2 May 1875	54
2 May 1875		4	Lumley Graham	1828	25 Oct 1890	62
25 Oct 1890		5	Cyril Clerke Graham	6 Mar 1834	9 May 1895	61
to			Lieutenant Governor of Grenada 1875-1877
9 May 1895			Extinct on his death
			GRAHAM of Larbert,Scotland
4 Dec 1906	UK	1	John Hatt Noble Graham	14 Aug 1837	25 May 1926	88
25 May 1926		2	John Frederick Noble Graham	25 Jul 1864	25 Nov 1936	72
25 Nov 1936		3	John Reginald Noble Graham	17 Sep 1892	6 Dec 1980	88
6 Dec 1980		4	John Alexander Noble Graham	15 Jul 1926
			GRAHAM of Dromore,Down
23 Jan 1964	UK	1	Clarence Johnston Graham	8 May 1900	22 Dec 1966	66
22 Dec 1966		2	John Moodie Graham	3 Apr 1938
			GRAHAM-MONTGOMERY of Stanhope,Peebles
16 Jul 1801	UK		See "Montgomery"
			GRAHAM-MOON of Portman Square,London
4 May 1855	UK		See "Moon"
			Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, 2nd baronet
			Sir Francis died as a result of injuries that he received when alighting from a train, as
			reported in "The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle" on 4 May 1878:-
			'We regret to record the death, under very painful circumstances, of Sir Francis Goldsmid,
			M.P. for Reading, which occurred on Thursday night. Sir Francis was a passenger by the
			Southampton train on the South-Western Railway, due in London at 7.53. On arriving at
			Waterloo Junction, the hon. baronet proceeded to alight, and in doing so slipped down
			between the train and the platform. The train had not quite stopped, and the unfortunate
			gentleman was dragged along with it for some yards. On being extricated it was found
			that his foot was badly crushed, and that he had sustained other injuries. As speedily as
			possible he was placed on a stretcher and removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where his
			case received every attention at the hands of the house-surgeon, Mr. Makin. In addition
			to the injury to his foot, it turned out that his chest had also been much crushed and the
			ribs fractured. From these injuries and from the shock to the system, death resulted within
			40 minutes of his admission to the hospital. Before his death he stated to the house-surgeon
			that when he alighted from the train he thought it had stopped, inasmuch as one of the
			officials had opened the carriage door for him.......Sir Francis stated by "Debrett" to have
			been the first member of the Jewish faith called to the English Bar, and also the first person
			of that religion who was made a Q.C.'
			The Goldsmid family appears to have suffered more than its fair share of violent deaths over
			the years - indeed, the article below suggests the existence of a family curse. This article is
			taken from the "Southland Times" [published in Invercargill, New Zealand] on 24 September
			1878, possibly reprinted from "The London Mayfair."
			'..........We have had brought under our notice some curious facts in connection with the
			private history of the distinguished family of which the late baronet wa sthe head. It is a
			tradition in the family, and generally with the Jews settled in England, that for nearly a
			hundred years a fatal spell has overhung the Goldsmids; and we are bound to say that, in a
			manner which is doubtless a coincidence but it is nevertheless remarkable, the spell has not
			failed to work through several generations.
			'It appears.....that during the latter part of the eighteenth century there lived in London a
			Jewish Rabbi alleged to be gifted with those magical powers many instances of which are to
			be found recorded in the Old Testament. This seer was known as Rabbi de Falk. He performed
			many deeds of wonder which might reasonably excite the professional jealousy of Messrs
			Maskelyne and Cook; but what we are chiefly concerned with is his connection to the
			Goldsmid family. When he died he left to Mr. Aaron Goldsmid, great-grandfather of the late
			baronet, Sir Francis, a sealed packet, with strict injunctions that it should be carefully
			preserved, but never opened. By way of enforcing this request he informed the old Dutch
			merchant who founded the Goldsmid family in England that if his injunctions were obeyed he
			and his descendants would bask in the sun of prosperity till the coming of the Messiah. If his
			injunctions were disregarded, ill-fortune would finally overtake each successive representative
			of the race. Old Aaron Goldsmid kept the packet, holding it sacred for some years, but finally,
			in an evil moment, curiosity overcame his reverence for the dead kabbalist and he opened the
			packet. A few hours after he was found dead [in 1782]. On the floor near him were the
			contents of the package which proved to be a small piece of parchment covered with
			hieroglyphics and kabbalistoc figures.
			'At the time of his death, Aaron Goldsmid had founded a great fortune and a prosperous family.
			Amongst the latter he divided his wealth. Two of the sons - Benjamin and Abraham - entered
			upon business as money brokers, and speedily established a colossal connection. They were
			omnipotent on the Stock Exchange [and] were popular in the oountry.....Like all his family,
			Benjamin was a man of boundless generosity and judicious philanthropy. He founded a Naval
			College, and was never tired of exercising private liberality. But as he advanced in life he
			began to feel the curse of the kabbalist. He grew despondent, scented ruin from afar, and, on
			the 15th of April, 1808, being fifty-five years of age, honored, powerful, and esteemed - he
			died by his own hand.
			'Brother Abraham was now left to represent and guide the fortunes of the Goldsmid family. For
			five years he managed with accustomed success the great business of Goldsmid Brothers and
			in 1810 he joined the house of Baring in contracting for a Ministerial loan of fourteen millions.
			The bears came down on the fold of the loan and succeeded in depreciating the scrip. These
			were circumstances which came in the usual way of business and would, a few years earlier,
			have been met with the skill, firmness, and infinite resource which had already lifted Abraham
			to the front rank of financiers. But the curse of the kabbalist was upon him. He shrank from
			an encounter with adverse circumstances. He hesitated, blundered, and - always losing -
			presently sank into a fit of despondency from which it was impossible to arouse him. A sum of
			half a million had to be forthcoming on the 28th September, 1810. In the state of the market,
			Abraham Goldsmid did not know where to put his hand on the money. He shrank from the
			impending disgrace, and when the hour struck at which the cash was due, it was discovered
			that Abraham Goldsmid had paid another and still more terrible debt, for he was dead [having
			shot himself through the head while in his garden].
			'After this the Goldsmids fell from high estate in the city; but not for long. A greater than Aaron
			or Benjamin arose in the person of Isaac, a nephew of Benjamin and grandson of the founder
			of the English house. Isaac entering into business in the city, speedily amassed a fortune, and
			became known as one of the greatest financiers in the world. Having made his own fortune he
			maintained the family reputation for aiding in good works, and became largely engaged in
			philanthropic and educational undertakings.....At sixty years of age he retired from business,
			having heaped up enormous wealth and secured the honour of an English baronetcy and a
			Portuguese peerage. He seems, among other good things to have staved off the curse of the
			defuncy de Falk, and though he sunk into childishness during the last years of his life, that is a
			calamity which poor humanity is subject to when it sees fourscore.
			'But with the next heir the curse showed itself with added malignity. The late baronet, Sir
			Francis, was the son of Sir Isaac, and everybody knows how he was struck down by the
			accident at the Waterloo Station on the 3rd of May. Whether the accident was due to defective
			arrangements on the part of the railway company, or whether the unappeased manes [i.e. the
			spirits of the dead] of the mysterious Rabbi still remained unsatisfied, we leave to the judgment
			of the intelligent reader.'
			Sarah Annie, Lady Gooch, wife of Sir Francis Robert Sherlock Lambert Gooch,
			8th baronet
			On 16 July 1872, Sarah Annie Sutherland married Sir Francis Robert Sherlock Gooch, 8th
			baronet. A fortnight after the marriage, she gave birth to a son who died at the age of four
			months. Lady Gooch was the central player in a very sad story of attempted fraud.
			In November 1878, she and a nurse named Ann Walker were charged with conspiracy to
			defraud her husband by passing off a child as being his, when it was not the case. The
			following account of the subsequent trial is taken from the 'North Wales Chronicle' of 14
			December 1878:-
			'……it appears that Lady Gooch was apprehensive that her "lord and master" was not destined
			to walk this terrestial sphere for a very long period, and that by his death his income would
			fall into a collateral branch of the family, leaving to Lady Gooch an empty title. Her ladyship
			was childless, and the only pledge which she had given to the world had been called away in
			its infantile years. Sir Francis mourned the loss of his child, and grieved much that he had no
			son and heir. Lady Gooch, according to the evidence of her friends, seems to have imagined
			that Sir Francis treated her somewhat coldly because she bore him no "bonny bairn" to cheer
			his paternal eye, and accordingly a strange fancy took possession of her mind. A child she
			would have, if she even adopted one, and she fancied that she could persuade Sir Francis
			that the happy day had arrived when he could once more call himself "father." For this
			purpose she simulated pregnancy; but Sir Francis was evidently incredulous, and was little
			inclined to put faith in the "interesting condition" of his wife. Her ladyship was not daunted by
			her husband's incredulity, and she appears to have entered into a conspiracy with herself to
			further her ends. She journeyed to an infants' home in Great Coram-street, and made
			application for a child.  She was indifferent whether it was a boy or a girl, and stated that she
			wanted a child in order to win back the affection of her husband. She wished to adopt a child,
			and as her social position appeared to be a guarantee of its being properly cared for, the
			proprietress of the infants' home arranged to procure her one. Henceforth the idea of having a
			child appears to have haunted and distorted the mind of the poor lady. She mentioned it to her
			companion, her servants , her medical advisers, and almost to every one she met, informing
			one and all that she was about to be confined. Her companion told her of the foolishness of
			the ideas she was labouring under, pointed out to her that she was nursing a delusion, and
			that, in fact, she was rendering herself liable for fraud. The medical gentlemen informed her
			that they could take no part in a conspiracy, and strongly advised her to disabuse herself of
			the belief that she could impose a stranger's child upon her husband as her own. To all these
			warnings and counsels Lady Gooch turned a deaf ear, and followed out her foolish intentions.
			She hired a nurse, purchased baby linen, and took special apartments in the Grosvenor Hotel.
			The long expected prodigy was procured, smuggled into the hotel, and Lady Gooch went
			through the farce of professing to have become a mother according to the laws of nature.
			A medical gentleman was sent for, and asked to certify that the child was born to Sir Francis
			Gooch. He laughed, and informed her ladyship that the child was over a fortnight old. Her
			ladyship's maid was requested to telegraph the birth of a son to Sir Francis. She very wisely
			declined, and Lady Gooch, her nurse and adopted infant were left to carry on an evident farce.
			Meanwhile Sir Francis had put the law in operation , and poor Lady Gooch was awakened from
			her maternal imaginings by being summoned to the police court on a charge of conspiring to
			palm off a strange child on her husband as his own. The prosecution charged Lady Gooch
			with having expressed a determination to have a son in order that, at the death of her
			husband, she might not be left destitute, as the son would become a ward in Chancery, and
			a large allowance would be made for the child and mother during its infancy. It was also
			alleged that her ladyship was anxious to procure a son so as to prevent the estates passing
			to another branch. The defence admitted that the statements of Lady Gooch were false, and
			very naturally suggested that her conduct and explanation to the doctors, to her companions,
			and others, left it quite clear that her tale was sure to be discovered as an imposition. The
			prosecution at the closure of the police court proceedings, begged the magistrate not to
			proceed any further with the case, as Sir Francis was satisfied that the evidence before the
			Court would effectually prevent Lady Gooch from palming off the strange child on her husband,
			that the child was sent back to the institution, and that they sought no criminal issues. The
			magistrate, however, deemed it his duty to send the case for trial [with the result that the
			grand jury threw out the bill]. There can be little doubt that Lady Gooch was fostering a
			weird hallucination, that her punishment is already severe , by the fact that she has been
			evidently awakened to a true sense of her folly, that the ends of justice have been obtained,
			and that the position of Lady Gooch in the future, under the most favourable circumstances,
			will be of itself a punishment more than commensurate with her folly.'
			In March 1879, Lady Gooch sued her husband for divorce on the ground of his adultery. Sir
			Francis denied the adultery and when the case was called, the Court was told that an
			arrangement had been reached between the parties, and as a result, the case did not proceed.
			Lady Gooch died some seven months later, on 28 October 1879. No age is given for her in any
			of the death notices, but I doubt whether she would have reached her 30th birthday. She was
			correct in believing that her husband was not destined to live a long life - he died 13 August
			1881, aged 30.
			Sir John Dinely Goodere, 2nd baronet and Sir Samuel Goodere, 3rd baronet
			From the "Newgate Calendar" :-
			Sir John Dinely Goodere succeeded his father, Sir Edward, in the possession of an estate of
			three thousand pounds a year, situated near Evesham in Worcestershire. His brother Samuel,
			was bred to the sea, and at length was advanced to the rank of captain of a man-of-war.
			Sir John married the daughter of a merchant and received twenty thousand pounds as a
			marriage portion. But mutual unhappiness was the consequence of this connection, for the
			husband was brutal in his manners, and the wife perhaps not strictly observant of the sacred
			vow she had taken; for she was too frequently visited by Sir Robert Jasen; and after
			recriminations between the married pair, Sir John brought an action in the Court of Common
			Pleas for criminial conversation [i.e. adultery], and five hundred pounds' damages were
			awarded by the jury.
			Sir John's next step was to indict his lady for a conspiracy, and, a conviction following, she
			was fined and imprisoned for a year in the King's Bench. He likewise petitioned for a divorce;
			but the matter being heard in the House of Lords, his petition was thrown out.
			Sir John having no children, Captain Samuel Goodere formed very sanguine expectations of
			possessing the estate; but finding that the brother had docked the entail in favour of his
			sister's children, the Captain sought the most diabolical means of revenge for the supposed
			injury.
			While the Captain's vessel lay in the port of Bristol, Sir John went to that city on business; and
			being engaged to dine with an attorney, named Smith, the Captain prevailed on the latter to
			permit him to make one of their company, under pretence of being reconciled to his brother.
			Mr Smith consented, and used his good offices to accommodate the difference, and a sincere
			reconciliation appeared to have taken place.
			This visit was made on the 10th of January, 1741 [Old Style; 23 January New Style], and the
			Captain, having previously concerted his measures, brought some sailors on shore with him,
			and left them at a public-house, in waiting to seize the baronet in the evening. Accordingly,
			when the company broke up, the Captain attended his brother through the streets, and when
			they came opposite the public-house the seamen ran out, seized Sir John and conveyed him
			to a boat that had been appointed to wait for his reception. As soon as the victim was in the
			boat he said to his brother "I know you have intention to murder me, and if you are ready to
			do it, let me beg that it be done here without giving youself the trouble to take me on board."
			To which the Captain said "No, brother; I am going to prevent you rotting on land; but
			however, I would have you make your peace with God this night."
			Being put on board, Sir John appealed to the seamen for help; but the Captain put a stop to
			any efforts they might have made to assist him, by saying that he was a lunatic, and brought
			on board to prevent his committing an act of suicide.
			[Matthew] Mahony and [Charles] White now conveyed him to the purser's cabin, which the
			Captain guarded with a drawn sword, while the other villians attempted to strangle him with a
			handkerchief which they found in his pocket, the wretched victim crying out "Murder!" and
			beseeching them not to kill him, and offering all he possessed as a compensation for his life.
			As they could not strangle him with the handkerchief the Captain gave them a cord, with
			which Mahony dispatched him, while White held his hands and trod on his stomach. The
			Captain now retired to his cabin, and on the murder being committed the perpetrators of it
			went to him and told him "the job was done"; on which he gave them money, and bade them
			seek their safety in flight.
			The attorney with whom the brothers had dined having heard of the commission of a murder,
			and knowing of the former animosity of the Captain to his brother, immediately conjectured
			who it was that had fallen a sacrifice; on which he went to the Mayor of Bristol, who issued
			his warrant to the water-bailiff, who, going on board, found that the lieutenant and cooper
			had prudently confined the Captain to his cabin.
			The offender, being brought on shore, was committed to Newgate, and Mahony and White,
			being taken a few hours afterwards, were lodged in the same prison. At the sessions held at
			Bristol on the 26th of March, 1741, these offenders were brought to trial, and, being
			convicted on the fullest evidence, received sentence of death. They were hanged near the
			Hot Wells, Bristol, on the 20th of April, 1741, within view of the place where the ship lay when
			the murder was committed.
			Sir John Dineley-Goodere, fifth baronet
			The following is extracted from "The Emperor of the United States of America and Other
			Magnificent British Eccentrics" by Catherine Caufield (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1981)
			Sir John's primary object in life was the retrieval of £300,000 which he believed, on no very
			good authority, could be his for the relatively small expense of a lawsuit. By 1770 his position
			had become desparate. He was forced to sell what was left of the family estate at Burhope
			in Herefordshire and decided to get the money he needed to pursue his claim through the
			courts by marrying a rich woman.
			Friends had managed to procure him a pension as a Poor Knight of Windsor and it was from the
			illustrious address of Windsor Castle that he began his campaign. The ancient and honourable
			name of Dinely was worth, he reckoned, a dowry of at least £10,000. But should the lucky
			woman he chose to marry be young and pretty he might lower his price by £500. He studied
			the market closely and made a list of eligible women, with notes on their fortunes, faces and
			figures.
			He lived very simply while at Windsor, saving what money he had for his thrice-yearly visits to
			London. These he announced by means of advertisements placed in the fashionable papers,
			replies 'to be left at the Admiralty coffee-house till called for, post-paid or your letter will not
			be received.' His reputation spread and it was not long before Sir John was surrounded by
			women whenever he appeared at the theatre or at Vauxhall Gardens, his two favourite haunts.
			Dressed in faded velvet breeches, a coat and waistcoat of a cut popular years before, and a
			powdered wig which was secured to his head by means of a chin strap, he cut a conspicuous,
			if not a dashing, figure.
			As soon as he spied a likely candidate for matrimony, Sir John would approach her, bow deeply,
			and without a word present her with a piece of paper from a stock which he carried with him,
			setting forth the terms of his romantic proposition. His search for a wife continued without
			success until his death. More than once he discovered that the object of his affections was a
			man in disguise, but neither practical jokes nor his years of failure discouraged him from
			continuing his search.
			A typical advertisement, published in the Ipswich Journal on 21 August 1802, reads as follows:-
			To the angelic fair of true English breed: - worthy notice. Sir John Dinely, of Windsor Castle,
			recommends himself and his ample fortune to any angelic beauty of good breed, fit to
			become, and willing to be, a mother of a noble heir, and keep up the name of ancient family,
			ennobled by deeds of arms and ancestral renown. Ladies at a certain period of life need not
			apply, as heirship is the object of the mutual contract offerdd by the ladies' sincere admirer,
			Sir John Dinely. Fortune favours the bold. Such ladies as this advertisement may induce to
			apply, or send their agents (but not servants or matrons) may direct to me at the Castle,
			Windsor. Happiness and pleasure are agreeable objects and should be regarded as weel as
			honour. The lady who shall thus become my wife will be a Baronetess, and rank accordingly as
			Lady Dinely of Windsor. Goodwill and favour to all ladies of Great Britain; pull no caps on his
			account, but favour him with your smiles, and paeans of pleasure await your steps.
			Sir James Stephen Goold, 4th baronet and his brother, Vere Thomas St.Leger Goold
			According to an article which appeared in the 'Adelaide [South Australia] Advertiser' on 9
			September 1907, Sir James's younger brother, Vere Thomas St.Leger Goold, claimed the
			baronetcy, notwithstanding the fact that his older brother was still alive at the time. In any
			event, Sir James Goold also had three sons and two grandsons, each of whom took precedence
			in the line of succession. It should also be pointed out that Sir James Goold and his family
			lived in South Australia at the time the article was published, and the paper would therefore be
			expected to have a better knowledge of the family than most.
			The article states that 'How [Vere] Goold claimed his title to his brother's baronetcy, though
			Sir James Stephen Goold is still alive, forms a curious narrative. Even if Sir James were dead,
			Vere Goold would not be justified in using the title of 'Sir Vere,' as there are three sons and
			one [actually two] grandsons of his brother who would take precedence of him. The family of
			the baronet are all residing in Australia, but are not in a position to "keep up" the title.
			'In 1900 a paragraph appeared in Canadian and Australian papers, stating that in consequence
			of the death of the holder of the title, Mr. Vere St.Leger Goold, of Montreal, had
			succeeded to it. The only foundation for the story was the fact that a brother named
			Frederick Edward Michael Goold, who came between James Stephen and Vere St.Leger, died
			in a hospital in Australia, leaving no heirs. [While this person does not appear in Burke's
			Peerage, he is shown as the heir to the baronetcy in the 1899 edition of Dod's Peerage, even
			though each of Sir James's three sons had been born by that time - but this was not known
			to the editors of these peerage reference works].
			'Vere St.Leger appears to have fastened on this fact, and circulated a statement that it was
			the elder brother, holder of the title, who had died without family. In May, 1901, he wrote to
			the editors of the leading books of reference, telling them of his brother's death. While
			professing anxiety not to use the title "until proofs come to hand," he said he would like to
			establish his position as baronet, "for my wife's sake." He also informed the editors that he had
			no children, and that he travelled about a good deal. His friends, he explained, wished to call
			him 'Sir Vere,' but he told everyone that it would be "somewhat premature" to do so. He wound
			up by ingenuously stating that he had not seen or heard anything of his brother, James
			Stephen Goold, since the year 1863 [the year James Stephen Goold migrated to Australia].
			'This last statement was denounced the following year by the real baronet, Vere St.Leger's
			elder brother, as a falsehood. He had also seen the newspaper paragraphs and he wrote to the
			editors to inform them that, while he was not in a position to keep up the title, he still wished
			to preserve the rights of his three sons and any children they might have. As for his brother's
			statement that he had not seen or heard of him since 1863, he settled the question by
			showing that he had been in frequent communication with him since 1897 on the question of
			the use of the title.
			'In subsequent letters Sir James Stephen Goold alleged that Vere St.Leger actually wrote to
			him offering him £100 if he would sign a document "waiving his claim," and the claims of his
			children, to the title. The money was never sent, and the document, if it had been signed for
			this consideration would have been worth nothing. It is not in the power of anyone to abandon
			a title in that fashion.'
			When Sir James Goold died in August 1926, the [Melbourne] 'Argus' reported, in its edition of
			10 August 1926, that "Sir James Stephen Goold, an Irish baronet [sic - it is a baronetcy of
			the United Kingdom], died yesterday at a mental hospital. [I understand, however, that Sir
			James had suffered a stroke, so the reference to a mental hospital may be somewhat
			misleading - it is more likely that he died in some form of sanatorium or nursing home.] Sir
			James Goold, who was born on October 13, 1848, succeeded his uncle, the third baronet, in
			1893. He was for many years and until 13 years ago a railway ganger at Gladstone, South
			Australia. He never used his title……….Sir James Goold had maintained for 44 years the secret
			of his association with a titled family, but in August 1907, a cable message announced that a
			Vere Goold and Mrs. Goold had murdered Madame Emma Levin at Monte Carlo. [Vere] Goold
			said that he had a brother, a baronet, in South Australia……"
			The murder referred to above was one of most sensational newspaper stories of 1907. On
			6 August of that year, a middle-aged couple arrived at Marseilles by train from Monte Carlo.
			The man gave a railway porter a luggage ticket and asked him to forward a trunk via goods
			train to Charing Cross Station in London, to be left there until called for. The trunk was placed
			on a truck and driven towards the goods station, but on the way, it was noticed that blood
			was leaking from a corner of the trunk. The porter reported the matter to the police, and
			when the trunk was opened, they found the body of a woman, whose head and legs had been
			severed. It was an easy matter to trace the middle-aged couple, since the porter had
			overheard them hiring a cab to take them to a hotel, whose name he had remembered. The
			police immediately proceeded to the hotel and arrested the couple, and seized their other
			luggage. In one of their trunks, the police found the missing head and legs.
			At their subsequent trial the prisoners, Vere St.Leger Goold and his wife Violet Goold, formerly
			Girondin, denied murdering Emma Levin, but admitted to dismembering her body. Evidence was
			brought before the court which showed that Emma Levin was a wealthy woman who possessed
			a valuable collection of jewellery. In addition, it was shown that she had lent money to the
			Goolds, and had been pressing them for repayment. Finally, on 4 December 1907, the Court
			found both of the Goolds to be guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced Vere Goold to life
			imprisonment, while Mrs. Goold was sentenced to death. Vere Goold died in prison on Devil's
			Island, the French penal settlement off the coast of South America in September 1909 (one
			report suggests that he committed suicide). His wife's death sentence was later commuted
			to life in prison, where she died in January 1914.
			The reason for the commutation of Mrs. Goold's death sentence may perhaps be found in the
			following report which appeared in 'The Washington Post' on 24 December 1907:-
			'Mme. Vere Goold has produced consternation in the principality of Monaco by exercising an
			ancient right of a condemned person and demanding that she be beheaded in the plaza, which
			is the flower and tree decorated space in front of the Casino at Monte Carlo.
			'Ever since the trial of the Goolds for the murder of Emma Levin, the Prince of Monaco has
			dreaded some such possibility as this. The persistent policy of this ruler has been to keep
			away, to cover up, anything that might frighten the nervous sensibilities of the patrons of the
			gambling establishments.
			'The idea of an execution in Monte Carlo was horrifying enough, but now this terrible woman
			demands to be killed in public and that the guillotine be set up in front of the Palace of Chance.
			'She and her husband have appealed against their sentences - his that of hard labor for life
			and hers that of the headsman - and in view of the woman's plea for a final public appearance
			it is possible the appeal will be granted.
			'Meanwhile the Goolds are locked up in the Monaco prison. Goold has sent a farewell message
			to his friends in Ireland and England, and will be shipped to Cayenne, French Guinea [sic for
			Guiana], if the sentence be carried out. He has also sent loving messages to the cell of his
			wife, but she refuses to read them and declares she wants nothing more to do with "that
			lazy drunkard."
			While researching this note, I made a courtesy phone call to the current baronet, Sir George
			William [Bill] Goold, who lives in Sydney. Not only was Bill familiar with most aspects of the
			stories of Sir James Stephen Goold and Vere St.Leger Goold, but he was also aware of some
			information that was unknown to me. He very kindly sent me a copy of a pamphlet entitled
			"St.Leger Goold; A Tale of Two Courts" written by Alan Little and published by the Wimbledon
			Lawn Tennis Museum in 1984. The two courts referred to in the title of the pamphlet are the
			court which convicted Vere Goold of murder, and also the tennis courts at Wimbledon, where
			Goold was a champion player, being the runner-up in the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1879,
			the same year that he won the Irish championship.
			Agnes Goring, wife of Sir Craven Charles Goring, 10th baronet
			Lady Goring is the central character in one of the stories included in "Lord Halifax's Ghost Book"
			[Geoffrey Bles London 1936], a collection of ghost stories compiled by Charles Lindley Wood,
			2nd Viscount Halifax. When I first set out to write this note, I believed that the note would
			consist only of Lady Goring's story, but, upon digging a bit deeper, the note "growed like
			Topsy." Firstly, the story of Lady Goring's dream:-
			'One night Lady Goring distinctly saw in a dream an old house, which was quite unfamiliar to
			her. She knew that someone was with her and that she was visiting this house for a purpose;
			and when she got inside, one special room was fixed in her mind. First, it had a very curious
			frieze near the ceiling; then the latticed windows were of a peculiar, long, narrow shape and
			were connected by a striking moulding. In her dream she saw an elderly woman sitting hunched
			up in an armchair by the fire; but a moment later her attention wandered from her to the door,
			which was softly opening. She saw a man enter, steal up quickly to the elderly woman, who
			was apparently asleep, suddenly produce a pistol, place it close to her temple, and fire. When
			his victim fell over, the murderer tried to arrange the pistol so that it might appear as if it had
			fallen from her hand. He then noiselessly left the room, shutting the door after him, but a few
			moments afterwards reappeared and made some further alterations in the position of the dead
			woman and the pistol. Having done so, he went away and did not return. Lady Goring saw his
			face so plainly in her dream that it became fixed in her memory.
			'In course of time she and her husband, Sir Craven, wished to rent a house, and inspected
			various properties, among others an old manor in Cheshire. The moment Lady Goring entered the
			manor she felt that the place was strangely familiar to her. Then the truth flashed upon her. "I
			have never been here in my life," she told herself, "but it is the house of my dream."
			'At that moment the caretaker said, "This door on the right leads to the drawing-room"; where-
			upon Lady Goring corrected her, saying, "I am sure that you must mean the dining-room."
			'The caretaker apologised and replied, "Did I say the drawing-room? I meant to say the dining-
			room."
			'As soon as she opened the door, Lady Goring recognised the remarkable frieze, the latticed
			windows and the peculiar moulding. There was also a chair near the fireplace.
			'The caretaker, on being asked for some information about the house, told the Gorings that the
			last tenant had not stayed very long and that the family previously in possession had been
			foreigners. She thought they were Austrians or Swiss. There were three of them, a gentleman,
			his wife and his mother-in-law. There had been a sad tragedy in their time because the old lady
			had shot herself. After this, the husband and wife had gone away to foreign parts and the
			house had been shut up for some time.
			'Lady Goring did not take the house, but some months later, as she was walking down Regent
			Street and idly looking in at the shop windows, she came to a standstill opposite the
			Stereoscopic. What had stopped her was a photograph in the window. "Why!" she exclaimed
			to herself, "there is the murderer of my dream." On going into the shop and enquiring who the
			man in the photograph might be, she found that it was Tourville, who was then being tried for
			the murder of his second wife in the Tyrol.'
			While it is impossible to say whether Lady Goring's dream ever actually occurred, there is no
			doubt at all that the death described by Lady Goring took place, and that in the manner of the
			dream. The following article appeared in 'The Manchester Guardian' of 25 September 1876:-
			'In April 1868 there appeared the following in the Warrington Guardian, under the head "Fatal
			Pistol Accident at Lymm: A Lady Shot by her Son-in-Law." -  On Saturday morning last Mrs.
			Elizabeth Brigham, who resided at Foxley Hall, Lymm, was killed by the discharge of a revolver
			pistol, which her son-in-law, Mons. Perreau, had been engaged in cleaning. The deceased lady
			was the widow of the late Dr. Brigham, and had been many years resident at Foxley Hall. A
			great deal of excitement was occasioned in the neighbourhood immediately the melancholy
			occurence became known; and rumours were circulated as to the act having been done
			designedly. At the inquest held before Mr. James Nicholson, coroner, the whole of the facts
			were minutely inquired into, and all cause for suspicion was set at rest, when, after an
			investigation of five hours, the Jury returned a verdict of accidental death. [It should be noted
			that Lymm is in Cheshire, and therefore Lady Goring's mention of an "old manor in Cheshire"
			fits very nicely with "Foxley Hall, Lymm." The evidence becomes even stronger as the report
			continues....]
			'The sequel to this Lymm "accident" appears in the French correspondent's column of the
			Standard of Friday, as follows:- "A tragic event has just occurred at the Stitzer-Joch, in the
			Tyrol. A lady of English birth, Madame de Tourville, was found dead at the foot of a rock. Her
			husband stated that she had been seized with a sudden giddiness and had fallen down the
			precipice. Rumours, however, got afloat that her death was not the result of an accident, but
			of crime. An inquiry held by the authorities resulted in a verdict of not proven. The matter then
			entered on a new phase. The English police, whose suspicions were aroused, gathered fresh
			information about the husband. Henri de Tourville had previously passed under the name of
			Henri Perreau. His first wife was a woman of ailing constitution. One day Perreau happened to
			be alone with his mother-in-law, and was showing her the mechanism of a revolver. As ill-luck
			would have it the weapon was loaded and a barrel went off, which killed the lady. His wife died
			soon after, and Perreau inherited £40,000 sterling. Perreau was not prosecuted, but the police
			thought it their duty to keep an eye on him. He afterwards changed his name to De Tourville,
			and in November 1875, married a second wife with a fortune of £70,000, and persuaded her
			to make a will in his favour. They then went travelling, and did not return to England. The
			Tagblatt of Innsbruck, which gives these details, does not say whether the Austrian police
			have taken any steps in consequence of the information furnished by the English detectives."
			Mrs. de Tourville was killed on 16 July 1876. After her death and the subsequent inquiry held by
			the authorities in Austria, de Tourville had returned to England, where, in late October 1876, he
			was arrested on an extradition warrant and charged with murder. He was subsequently
			extradited to Austria, where he stood trial in June/July 1877, at which trial he was found guilty
			and sentenced to be hanged, but this sentence was later commuted to 18 years' hard labour.
			During much of the 1880s, de Tourville's name was often before the English courts as he sought
			to receive the moneys that had been left to him under the wills of his two former wives. These
			cases were further complicated by the existence of an alleged son by his first marriage who had
			disappeared, and the possibility that this son was identical with a body found washed up on a
			beach in Naples in 1885. According to a number of reports in American newspapers de Tourville
			died in prison in February 1890, the reporting of which led the papers to provide their readers
			with a summary of de Tourville's history. The following summary appeared in 'The Washington
			Post' of 24 February 1890. In some respects it differs from the outline shown above, but it also
			contains some new information/allegations:-
			'One of the most remarkable criminals of modern times has just brought his life to a close in the
			Karlau Prison, at Graz, Austria. A Frenchman of low birth, yet of exceedingly handsome
			appearance and still more charming manners, he caused himself to be naturalized in England
			under the name of "Count Henry de Tourville." It is not customary for the clerks who register the
			naturalization papers to inquire into the rights or legality of a foreign title borne by a candidate
			for British citizenship, and no difficulty is made about registering aliens under any nobiliary
			designation which they may assume for the occasion. The title figuring upon the naturalization
			papers, with the stamp and seal of the British government appended thereto, is regarded by the
			uniniated both at home and abroad as having received the official confirmation, sanction, and
			recognition of Queen Victoria, and from that time forth is considered what one might describe
			as a legal tender.
			'With the assistance of the title thus obtained, "Count de Tourville," who was the type of the
			polished and highly-cultured adventurer, spread his net in the provincial cities of the midland
			counties, and succeeded in capturing the affections of a wealthy heiress of the middle classes.
			His married life was, however, of short duration, for his wife died abroad from the effects of
			powdered glass put in her food and drink. His mother-in-law, who suspected his share in her
			daughter's death, and who, with true mother-in-law-like method, lost no opportunity in
			insinuating her belief on the subject, was "accidentally" shot through the brain by him while he
			was cleaning a pistol. It should be added that the only reason why the old lady exposed herself
			to the danger of travelling about with the pseudo Count was for the purpose of protecting the
			life and interests of her little grandson, the sole issue of the marriage, and on whom the fortune
			of the murdered woman was settled.
			'Within a short time after the death of de Tourville's mother-in-law the house in which his little
			three-year-old boy was residing mysteriously caught fire and the child barely escaped with his
			life. The circumstances of the case were so peculiar that the marriage trustees determined to
			take possession of the infant. De Tourville did not venture to protest or face the music of a law
			court on the subject, for he realized that, although the evidence against him was not sufficient
			to secure a conviction, it was quite sufficient to ruin any further matrimonial chances in
			England. The boy is now a young man of about twenty. With the sanction of his guardians he
			has assumed his mother's in lieu of his father's name, and next year he will attain his majority
			and will be placed in possession of his fortune.
			'Scarcely a year had elapsed after the attempt to burn his little boy when de Tourville
			succeeded in obtaining the hand of a wealthy widow residing at Birmingham. Her name was
			Madeline Miller, and her fortune amounted to about $200,000, her age, however, being fifty-
			seven; that is, fifteen years older than de Tourville's. The latter was exceedingly relieved to
			discover that she had no near relatives. The wedding took place at Birmingham in June, 1876,
			and the honeymoon was spent in the Austrian Tyrol. On the 16th of July the couple proceeded
			to make an excursion up the mountain known as the Stillfer Joche. Shortly after nightfall he
			returned alone to the hotel at Vozen, and declared amid great protestations of grief that his
			wife had fallen over a precipice and had been killed. The mangled remains of the poor lady were
			found on the following day, and so sincere did de Tourville's sorrow appear that no suspicion
			arose at the time [this is totally at odds with other reports, which state that de Tourville's
			reaction to his wife's death was that of total nonchalence, which gave rise to the initial police
			suspicion of his guilt]. The inquest was of the most perfunctory nature, and the burial took
			place in the Protestant Cemetery here. Immediately afterward de Tourville left for England and
			assumed possession of his wife's fortune without difficulty.
			'Within a few days after his departure, however, rumors began to circulate about Meran
			concerning certain peculiar features in connection with the accident. In the first place, a Vienna
			lawyer named Dr. Markreiter who was stopping at Vozen at the time, and who was an
			enthusiast on the subject of mountaineering, drew attention to the fact that the upper portion
			of the precipice at the foot of which she was found was of a slope so very gradual and gentle
			from the road that it was impossible that any one could have slipped from the path and been
			straightway precipitated into the abyss. It was manifest that the unfortunate woman's body
			must have been dragged almost to the edge of the lower section of the precipice in order to
			have fallen into the abyss. The suspicions thus engendered were further corroborated by the
			servants of the hotel and by the knowledge that the "Countess" had been considerably older
			and richer than her husband.
			'So serious did the presumption of foul play become that by order of the local justice the body
			of the lady was exhumed and subjected to a careful autopsy. From this it resulted that several
			wounds were found on the body which could not have been produced by the fall. In view of
			these circumstances a warrant of arrest was issued against de Tourville, and the authorities
			here were requested to take the necessary steps for procuring his extradition from England.
			He was arrested in London by a Scotland Yard detective by the name of Clark and taken before
			Magistrate Vaughn at the Bow-street police court, with a view to his extradition. Considerable
			difficulty was experienced, for the question arose whether he was an English subject, and
			whether, as a Frenchman, the English authorities possessed the right to extradite him. The
			validity of his naturalization was open to question, since he admitted and was able to show that
			he had been citizenized [ugh!] by England under a false name, namely, that of de Tourville.
			Finally, he was turned over to the Austrian authorities.
			'One of the most extraordinarily dramatic trials of modern times now took place. One of the most
			sensational incidents occurred when de Tourville denied having shot the mother of his first wife.
			The London detective, Clark, then stepped into the witness box, opened his bag, and extracted
			therefrom the skull of the old lady, perforated by the bullet. Another equally striking feature was
			when the entire court adjourned to witness the scene of the accident in the mountains. Judges,
			jury, counsel, prisoner, police, newspaper reporters, drove up in a long file of carriages to the
			spot where de Tourville claimed that his wife had fallen. A dummy figure of life size was taken
			along for the purpose of demonstrating the impossibility of the body having fallen from the road-
			way down the precipice without having been dragged a considerable distance. When the court
			returned to Vozen at the conclusion of this unique mountain excursion, de Tourville was
			condemned to death. On appeal, in view of the circumstantial nature of the evidence, the
			sentence was commuted to one of penal servitude for twenty years.
			'The first portion of his imprisonment was spent in the penitentiary at Cape d'Istria, whence he
			was moved to that of Gradisca. While at Gradisca he almost succeeded in effecting his escape
			by bribing two wardens with gold that had been smuggled into his possession in the hollow of a
			flatiron. On the discovery thereof he was immediately removed to the Karlau, near Graz, which
			is the most gloomy and terrible of all Austrian prisons. It was there that he died a fortnight ago
			after sixteen [sic] years of incarceration.'
			Sir Harry Yelverton Goring, 11th baronet
			The following article appeared in the New Zealand 'Inangahua Times' on 4 May 1897.
			Inangahua is a region on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. The newspaper was
			published in the town of Reefton, reputedly the first town in the Southern Hemisphere to be
			lit by electricity, although Tamworth in New South Wales also claims this honour.
			'Mr. Henry Yelverston [sic] Goring, formerly of [New] Zealand, at present at Tamworth [a nice
			coincidence], in Staffordshire, has just succeeded to the family baronetcy. It appears (writes
			our London correspondent under date March 29th) that on Thursday he received a telegram
			from a friend in Lichfield congratulating him on his title, and referring him to the obituary
			notices in that day's Times. "I said to my wife," remarked Sir H. Y. Goring, "I doubt my friend
			is hoaxing me, but anyhow I'll go to the public reading room and see the paper. So after I had
			my dinner I went, and read the notice of the sudden death of my cousin, Colonel Sir Charles
			Goring. I had never anticipated a fatal termination to his illness, particularly as he was of the
			same age as myself, and had not gone through the many hardships that I have."
			'The new baronet says he went out with his father to New Zealand, where his father became
			private secretary to Sir George Grey, the then Governor, and continued to act in that capacity
			to the succeeding Governors for 30 years, when he retired on a pension. The present baronet
			could find nothing to do, and went to Sydney to look for work. Not getting any, he joined the
			First Battalion 12th Suffolk Regiment in 1860. He had no friends in the regiment, and the
			promotion he got was simply on his merits. He was made sergeant at Sealcot (India) in 1869.
			In 1872 he returned Home and retired in 1886 on a pension of 25/6 per week. As he had a
			large family he entered the tobacco business, and has been in it for seven years.
			'Asked if he would stay in Tamworth, the baronet said: "I feel quite satisfied with my present
			position, so far as it goes. I am quite comfortable, and did not want this thing at all - this
			honour which has been put upon me without my wish. I did not expect that I should ever come
			into it. But I always thought my son would get it some day. He is in New Zealand, managing a
			sheep ranch." Just then an old lady came in for her "pennyworth 'f snuff," which the baronet
			duly served to her.'
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