Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin

The Right Honourable The Earl of Godolphin PC
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Lord Privy Seal
In office 16 May 1735 – 7 April 1740
Monarch	George II
Preceded by	The Viscount Lonsdale
Succeeded by	The Lord Hervey
Cofferer of the Household
In office 1714–1723
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	The Lord Masham
Succeeded by	The Earl of Bath
In office 1704–1711
Monarch	Anne
Preceded by	Sir Benjamin Bathurst
Succeeded by	The Lord Masham
Teller of the Exchequer
In office 1699–1704
Monarchs	William III, Anne
Preceded by	Henry Carew
Succeeded by	Thomas Coke
Personal details
Born	3 September 1678 Whitehall, London, England
Died	17 January 1766(1766-01-17) (aged 87)
Spouse	Henrietta Churchill, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough ​ ​ (m. 1698; died 1733)​
Children	William Godolphin, Marquess of Blandford Lord Henry Godolphin Lady Margaret Godolphin Harriet Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds
Parents	Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Margaret Blagge
Alma mater	Eton College King's College, Cambridge (M.A., 1705)

Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, PC (3 September 1678 – 17 January 1766), styled Viscount Rialton from 1706 to 1712, was an English courtier and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1712, when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Godolphin. Initially a Tory, he modified his views when his father headed the Administration in 1702 and was eventually a Whig. He was a philanthropist and one of the founding governors of the Foundling Hospital in 1739.