page_title: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
hierarchical_section_title: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
caption_attribution_description: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (died 1723), given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1945. See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
context_page_description: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, PC, styled Viscount Rialton from 1706 to 1712, was an English courtier and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1712, when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Godolphin. Initially a Tory, he modified his views when his father headed the Administration in 1702, and was eventually a Whig. He was a philanthropist and one of the founding governors of the Foundling Hospital in 1739.
context_section_description: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, PC (3 September 1678 – 17 January 1766), styled Viscount Rialton from 1706 to 1712, was an English courtier and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1712, when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Godolphin. Initially a Tory, he modified his views when his father headed the Administration in 1702, and was eventually a Whig. He was a philanthropist and one of the founding governors of the Foundling Hospital in 1739.
caption: Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller
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