词条 | Philip Goldsworthy |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Philip Goldsworthy | honorific-suffix = | image = George III and the Prince of Wales Reviewing Troops (1798) - detail.jpg | caption = Goldsworthy (right) with David Dundas, from George III Reviewing Troops (1798) | alt = | constituency_MP = Wilton | parliament = United Kingdom | majority = | predecessor = Himself | successor = John Spencer | term_start = 1 January 1801 | term_end = 4 January 1801 | constituency_MP2 = Wilton | parliament2 = Great Britain | majority2 = | predecessor2 = Lord Herbert | successor2 = Himself | term_start2 = 15 February 1794 | term_end2 = 1 January 1801 | predecessor3 = Lord Herbert | successor3 = Lord Herbert | term_start3 = 2 February 1785 | term_end3 = January 1788 | birth_date = 1737 | birth_place = Leghorn, Italy | death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1801|1|04}} | death_place = Wilton, Wiltshire | nationality = British | party = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Army officer | religion = | signature = | signature_alt = | branch = | serviceyears = 1756–1801 | rank = Lieutenant General }} Philip Goldsworthy (~1737 – 1801), was a British Army officer. He was a Member of Parliament for Wilton and chief equerry to King George III.[1] Goldsworthy was a Lieutenant General and Colonel of The Royals. Personal life and familyGoldsworthy was the second son of Burrington Goldsworthy, British consul at Leghorn and later Cadiz, and his wife Philippia Vanbrugh niece of Sir John Vanbrugh. He was baptised at Leghorn on the 18 October 1737.[1] Military careerGoldsworthy was commissioned as a cornet in the 1st Dragoons in 1756. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1760, to captain in 1768 and to major in 1776. He went on to be promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1779 and to colonel in 1784 and was appointed chief equerry (to the King) and clerk martial on 9 March 1788.[1] He was then promoted to major general in 1793 and to lieutenant general in 1799. He served as colonel of 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons from 23 January 1794 until his death.[1] ParliamentHe represented the parliamentary borough of Wilton in Wiltshire during two terms in the Parliament of Great Britain and shortly in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He served from 2 February 1785 to January 1788, and 15 February 1794 to 4 January 1801.[1] PosterityHe died unmarried at his seat Wilton Wiltshire 4 January 1801.[1] ReferencesGeneral:
1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/goldsworthy-philip-1737-1801 |title=Goldsworthy, Philip (c.1737-1801) - History of Parliament Online |publisher=The History of Parliament |accessdate=2012-12-24}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | before=Henry, Earl of Pembroke | title=Colonel of the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons | after=Thomas Garth | years=1794–1801}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsworthy, Philip}} 10 : 1737 births|1801 deaths|1st The Royal Dragoons officers|British Army generals|British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars|British MPs 1784–90|British MPs 1790–96|People educated at Westminster School, London|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|People from Wilton, Wiltshire |
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