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Goldsworthy, Philip, ca. 1737-1801
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ca. 1737-1801
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GOLDSWORTHY, PHILIP, son of Burrington Goldsworthy, British Consul successively at Leghorn and Cadiz, and Philippia, dau. of Capt. Philip Vanbrugh, Royal Navy; b. Livorno, Italy; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1748/9 (Hutton's); in school list 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Apr 1755; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Oct 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. Easter1756; Cornet, 1st Royal Dragoons 17 Dec 1756; Adjt. and Sub-Lieut., Second Troop, Horse Grenadier Guards 7 Apr 1759; Lieut., 1st Royal Dragoons 29 Mar 1760; Capt., 18 Nov 1768; Maj., 4 May 1776; Lieut. -Col., 28 Apr 1779; Col. in the Army 20 Oct 1784; Maj. -Gen., 20 Dec 1793; Col., 1st Royal Dragoons, from 28 Jan 1794; Lieut. -Gen., 26 Jun 1799; served in Seven Years War; Equerry to King George III from 29 Mar 1778, First Equerry and Clerk Marshal of the Royal Mews from 14 Mar 1788; MP Wilton 2 Feb 1785 – Jan 1788, and from 15 Feb 1794; references to him and to his sister, Sub-Governess at the Palace, will be found in the Diary and Letters of Madame D’Arblay; d. 4 Jan 1801.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.