monarch death_date children constituency_mp birth_date birthname term_end death_place imagesize order term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place alongside party successor article_title
anne ii james ii charles ii james ii charles ii william iii william iii and mary ii charles 15 september 1712 francis godolphin helston 15 june 1645 sidney godolphin 11 16 february 1685 1685 february 1679 august 1710 30 december 1701 1 june 1699 st albans , hertfordshire kingdom of great britain 250px lord high treasurer first lord of the treasury 8 9 september 1684 september 1679 1665 may 1702 9 december 1700 15 november 1690 margaret blagge sidney godfrey kneller , bt -lrb- 2 -rrb- . jpg godolphin , 1st earl of godolphin by sir the earl of godolphin the treasury commission the earl tankerville sir john lowther the earl earl of rochester sir william godolphin sir peter killigrew of carlisle as first lord of the breage , cornwall kingdom of england sir with charles godolphin -lrb- 1681 -- 1685 -rrb- sir william vyell godolphin vyvyan -lrb- 1679 -- 1681 -rrb- serving tory the commission the earl of carlisle charles montagu the earl of earl rochester as lord high treasurer sidney godolphin sir vyell vyvyan poulett as first lord of the treasury sidney godolphin , 1st earl of godolphin

sidney godolphin , 1st earl of godolphin

sidney godolphin , 1st earl of godolphin , kg , pc -lrb- 15 june 1645 -- 15 september 1712 -rrb- was a leading british politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries .
he was a privy councillor and secretary of state for the northern department before attaining real power as first lord of the treasury .
he was instrumental in negotiating and passing the acts of union 1707 with scotland , which created the kingdom of great britain .
he had many other roles , including that of governor of scilly .
