Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet (c. 1642 – c. 1705) was an English politician and diplomat who served as Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance from 1689 to 1702. The son of Sir John Goodricke, 1st Baronet, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1670. Goodricke also inherited the family estate of Ribston Hall in North Yorkshire and in 1674 replaced it with a new stately home.

He sat in the House of Commons of England from 1673 to 1679, when he began serving as the English ambassador to Spain, holding that office until 1683, when Goodricke returned home and sat in Parliament once again from 1683 to 1705. During his parliamentary career, he consistently represented the parliamentary constituency of Boroughbridge.

During the Glorious Revolution of 1688, he acted as the Earl of Danby's lieutenant in Northern England in support of the revolution and was rewarded by the new Williamite regime with the office of Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, a post which he held until 1702. Goodricke would die soon after in 1705.

References edit

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
J. D. Davies, 'Goodricke, Sir Henry, second baronet (1642–1705)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008 [1], accessed 10 April 2009

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Richard Mauleverer, Bt Robert Long	Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge 1673–1679 With: Sir Richard Mauleverer, Bt 1673–1675 Sir Michael Warton 1675–1679 Sir Thomas Mauleverer, Bt 1679	Succeeded by Sir John Brookes, Bt Sir Thomas Mauleverer, Bt
Preceded by Sir John Brookes, Bt Sir Thomas Mauleverer, Bt	Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge 1683–1705 With: Sir Thomas Mauleverer, Bt 1685–1689 Christopher Vane 1689–1690 Sir Brian Stapylton, Bt 1690–1695 Thomas Harrison 1695–1698 Sir Brian Stapylton, Bt 1698–1705	Succeeded by John Stapylton Craven Peyton
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ignatius White	English Ambassador to Spain 1679–1683	Succeeded by Peter Lefett
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Henry Tichborne, Bt	Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance 1689–1702	Succeeded by The Lord Granville
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Goodricke	Baronet (of Ribston, Yorkshire) 1670–1705	Succeeded by John Goodricke

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