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George Goring (1585 - 1663)

George "1st Earl Norwich" Goring
Born in Newton Saint Loe, Chevening, Kent, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1608 in Newton Saint Loe, Chevening, Kent, Englandmap
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Died at age 77 in Brentford, Middlesex, Englandmap
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Biography

George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich was born on 28 April 1585. He was the son of George Goring and Anne Denny. [1]

He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, [2]

He married Mary Neville, daughter of Edward Neville, 6th Lord Abergavenny and Rachel Lennard, before 1608. (she died 1648)

He was invested as a Knight in 1608. [1] He was Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Henry, Prince of Wales in 1610 [3] and to King James I in 1611. He was Lieutenant of the Gentlemen Pensioners in 1614.

From 1621 until 1628 he was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lewes in Sussex. [4]

He held numerous offices: [1]

Knight Marshal of the Household in 1623 and travelled to Spain and The Hague.
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1626 and 1628 when he was created 1st Baron Goring of Hurstpierpoint, co. Sussex [England] on 14 April.
Secretary of the Council of Wales in 1630
Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1639
He held the office of Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1639 and 1644
Ambassador to France from 1643 to 1644 when he was created 1st Earl of Norwich [England] on 28 November.
General in 1648 in the service of the royalist forces of Essex and Kent. Captured In March 1648/49 by Parliamentary forces and sentenced to death, although pardoned and freed in May 1649. He then joined the King in Exile.

After the Restoration:

Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1660.
Secretary of the Council of Wales in 1661.

George Goring died on 6 January 1662/63 at Brentford, Middlesex aged 77 and was buried alongside his wife Mary in St. John Baptist's Chapel, Westminster Abbey.

Children of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich and Mary Neville

  1. Lady Elizabeth Goring (1615 - d. c Nov 1687) m. 1630 William Brereton
  2. Lady Catherine Goring (b.C 1610 - 1686) m. Edward Scott - Issue
  3. Lucy Goring (b.c 1605) m. Sir Drue Dene of Maplested, Essex. - Issue
  4. Diana Goring (b. c. 1620 - c 1680) m1. Thomas Covert of Slaugham, Sussex - Issue; m2. George Porter son of Sir Endymion Porter [5] - Issue
  5. Lord George Goring, Lord Goring (b. 14 Jul 1608, d. 25 Jul 1657) m. 1629 Lady Lettice Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and Catherine Fenton. dsp.
  6. Charles Goring, 2nd Earl of Norwich (b. c 1615, d. 3 Mar 1670/71) m. approx 1659 Alice Leman, daughter of Robert Leman and widow of Sir Richard Baker of Sissinghurst, Kent. [6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Goring,_George_(1583%3F-1663) Dictionary of National Biography - George Goring
  2. https://archive.org/details/p1alumnicantabri02univuoft/page/240/mode/2up Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900; by University of Cambridge; Venn, John, 1834-1923; Venn, J. A. (John Archibald), b. 1883 Pub: 1922-54]
  3. Birch, Life of Henry, Prince of Wales, p. 450
  4. [https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/goring-sir-george-1585-1663 History of Parliament - George Goring
  5. Archaeologia cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society, Pub:1893 pp80
  6. Hist. MSS. Comm. 5th Rep. p. 146; Collins, ix. 459




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