Sidney Godolphin (poet)
Sidney Godolphin | |
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Sidney Godolphin | |
| Member of Parliament for Helston | |
| In office November 1640 – February 1643 | |
| Governor of Scilly | |
| In office 1636–1643 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1610 (baptised) Breage, Cornwall |
| Died | 8 February 1643 (aged 33) Okehampton |
| Resting place | All Saints, Okehampton |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Poet and courtier |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1639 to 1643 |
| Battles/wars | Bishops' Wars First English Civil War Braddock Down |
Sidney Godolphin, 14 January 1610 (baptised) to 8 February 1643, was a minor poet and courtier from Cornwall who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1643. He served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was killed in a skirmish near Chagford in Devon on 8 February 1643.