Frederick Goold Explained

Frederick Falkiner Goold (May 1808 – 1877) was a 19th century^[1] Anglican priest^[2] in Ireland.^[3]

Goold was born in County Limerick^[4] on 6 November 1808. He was the youngest son of Thomas Goold, First Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) and Master in the Court of Chancery (Ireland) and Elizabeth Nixon. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,^[5] He was appointed Archdeacon of Raphoe^[6] on 13 December 1852;^[7] and Private Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1858.^[8] He died at Bath, Somerset on 29 January 1877.^[9]

He married Caroline Newcomen, one of the many natural children of Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen, and had six children. His son was an MP;^[10] and his son-in-law a bishop.^[11]

Arms

Escutcheon:	Azure on a fess Or between five Goldfinches three in chief and two in base Proper three mullets of the field in the centre chief point a crescent of the second for difference.
Notes:	Confirmed 19 May 1858 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.^[12]
Crest:	A demi-lion rampant Or charged on the shoulder with a crescent Gules.
Motto:	Deus Mihi Providebit

References

• Cotton. Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae, Supplement 1878. Page 111. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiae06cottuoft https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiae05cottuoft.
• Edward Walford. "Goold, the Ven. Frederick Falkiner". The County Families of the United Kingdom. Sixth Edition. Robert Hardwicke. Piccadilly, London. 1871. Page 418.
• Bernard Burke. "Goold, The Very Rev. Frederick Falkener". A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison. Pall Mall, London. 1858. Volume 1. Page 459.
• "Archdeacon Goold" in "Obituary of Eminent Persons", The Illustrated London News, 10 February 1877, p 142, col 3
• The Irish Church Advocate. 1 March 1877. Pages 54 and 67. Google Books
• "Limerick". Encyclopædia Britannica. Ninth Edition. Volume 14. Page 648 at page 649.
• K Theodore Hoppen. Elections, Politics and Society in Ireland: 1832-1885. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1984. . Page 136. Google Books.
• James Maher, "On Some Statements of Archdeacon Goold", 5 November 1866, in Patrick Francis Moran (ed). The Letters of Rev. James Maher, D.D., Late P.P. of Carlow-Graigue, on Religious Subjects, with a Memoir. Browne & Nolan. Nassau Street, Dublin. 1877. Letter 46. Pages 442 to 449.
• "The Representation of the University", The Christian Examiner, 3 January 1865, p 9, col 1 at col 2.

Notes and References

1. Ireland The Times (London, England), Thursday, 13 May 1869; pg. 5; Issue 26436. Category: News (Officiates at the funeral of Thomas Langlois Lefroy Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1852 to 1866)
2. To The Editor Of The Times.LEIGH. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 5 Jan 1861; pg. 11; Issue 23822. (acknowledging a donation to the distressed weavers of Coventry)Category: Letters to the Editor
3. http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=2195 NUI Galway
4. http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Athea/textAthea.htm Limerick Diocese Heritage
5. "Alumni Dublinenses (1593-1860)" Burtchchaell,G.D.;Sadleir,T.H (Ed) p332: Dublin, Alex ThomThom & Co
6. 'Multiple News Items' The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, 17 April 1852; pg. 3; Issue 24447
7. [Frederic Boase]
8. Ireland. The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 Mar 1858; pg. 12; Issue 22941. Category: News
9. 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Friday, 2 February 1877
10. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-wyndham-goold/index.html Hansard
11. News: Death of the Bishop of Kilmore . . 10 . 1 February 1870 .
12. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. F . National Library of Ireland . 29 June 2022 . 136.