Sir Frederick Hastings Goldney, 3rd Baronet of Beechfield and Bradenstoke Priory (26 May 1845 - 21 February 1940) was the second son of Gabriel Goldney, Conservative MP for Chippenham. The title passed to him on 4 May 1925 on the death of his brother, Gabriel Prior Goldney.[1]
Goldney was educated at Harrow School[2] and became a landowner and Freemason, rising to become Grand Deacon of England.[2] He also wrote the books "A History of Freemasonry in Wiltshire" (1880)[3] and "Records of Chippenham", privately published in 1889.[4]
He was mayor of Chippenham in 1874 and 1888, High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1908[2] and also served as a justice of the peace for Wiltshire and Surrey.[1]
He married Ethel Julia Swayne, of Wilton, Wiltshire on 6 February 1875,[1] and they had five children: Katherine Long Goldney (b. 1878), Mary Delarivière Goldney (b. 1880), Eveline Margaret Hungerford Goldney (b. 1882), Lucy Hulbert Goldney (b. 1889) and Henry Hastings Goldney (b. 1886).[1]
His residences were Beechfield, Corsham, Wiltshire and Prior Place, Camberley, Surrey.[2]