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Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1645)

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Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin

British statesman (1645–1712)

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, was a British Tory statesman. He was a Privy Councillor and Secretary of State for the Northern Department before he attained real power as First Lord of the Treasury. He was instrumental in negotiating and passing the Acts of Union 1707…
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Lord High Treasurer

English government position

The Lord High Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State in England, below the Lord High Steward and the Lord High…
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