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George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich (28 April 1585 – 6 January 1663) was an English soldier.
He was the son of George Goring of Hurstpierpoint and Ovingdean, Sussex, and of Anne Denny, sister of Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich. He matriculated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1600,[1] and may subsequently have spent some time in Flanders.[2] He was knighted in 1608 and became a favourite at court, benefitting largely from monopolies granted by King Charles I. He was made Knight Marshal in 1623, Baron Goring in 1628, and a privy councillor in 1639.
He was elected as Member of Parliament for Lewes in 1621, 1624, 1625, 1626 and 1628.
When the troubles between Charles and his Parliament became acute, Goring devoted his fortune freely to the royal cause; and the king in November 1644 renewed for him the title of Earl of Norwich which had become extinct at his uncle's death. He went with Queen Henrietta Maria to the Netherlands in 1642 to raise money for the king, and in the autumn of the next year he was seeking arms and money from Cardinal Mazarin in Paris. His proceedings were revealed to the parliament in January 1644 by an intercepted letter to Henrietta Maria. He was consequently impeached of high treason, and prudently remained abroad until 1647, when he received a pass from the parliament under a pretext of seeking reconciliation.
Thus he was able to take a prominent part in the Second Civil War of 1648. He commanded the Kentish levies, which Fairfax dispersed at Maidstone and elsewhere, and was forced to surrender unconditionally at Colchester. He was condemned to exile in November 1648 by a vote of the House of Commons, but in the next month the vote was annulled.
Early in the next year a court formed under John Bradshaw to try Norwich and four others. All five received a death sentence on 6 March 1649, but petitions for mercy were presented to parliament, and Norwich's life was spared by the Speaker's casting vote. Shortly after his liberation from prison in May 1649 he joined the exiled court of Charles II, who employed him in fruitless negotiations with the duke of Lorraine. He became captain of the king's guard at the Restoration, and in consideration of the fortune he had expended in the king's service a pension of 2000 pounds per year was granted him.
Norwich died at Brentford on 6 January 1663. By his wife Mary Nevill (died 1648), daughter of the 8th Baron Bergavenny, he had four daughters and two sons: George, Lord Goring; and Charles, who fought in the Civil War, succeeded his father in the earldom, and died without heirs in March 1671.
[edit] References
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Goringe, George". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Barbara Donagan, ‘Goring, George, first earl of Norwich (1585–1663)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 30 Dec 2008
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Thomas Jermyn? | Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1639–1644 | Vacant |
| Preceded by The Earl of Morton | Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1644–1649 | |
| Vacant | Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1660–1662 | Succeeded by The Viscount Grandison |
| Peerage of England | ||
| New creation | Earl of Norwich 1644–1663 | Succeeded by Charles Goring |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Norwich, George Goring, 1st Earl of |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | |
| Date of birth | 28 April 1585 |
| Place of birth | |
| Date of death | 6 January 1663 |
| Place of death | Brentford |
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Lord Goring, Duke of Norwich
http://homepages.enterprise.net/jordy/people/siege/goring.htm
“George, Lord Goring (1583 - 1663) was a well educated man, having studied at the same college (Sidney Sussex College) as Oliver Cromwell.“He was also keen supporter of the monarchy and played a key part in the marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France.
“Goring was also responsible to help raise military funding for the Kings’ armies at the start of the English Civil War (1642 - 48) and rewarded with the title ‘Earl of Norwich’ for his efforts.
“Goring helped raise an army in Kent who, having been diverted from London, joining Sir Charles Lucas’ forces at Brentwood where they marched into Colchester on their way to Norfolk.
After the Siege of Colchester (1648), Goring was tried and acquitted by Parliament. Goring died in 1663 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.”Also:
http://71.1911encyclopedia.org/N/NO/NORWICH_GEORGE_GORING_EARL_OF.htm
“He was condemned to exile in November 1648 by a vote of the House of Commons, but in the next month the vote was annulled. Early in the next year a court was formed under Bradshaw to try Norwich and four others. All five were condemned to death on the 6th of March, but petitions for mercy were presented to parliament, and Norwich -
Father of the general
Note that this is not the famous General George Goring who commanded during the civil war. This is instead the father of the general. The son died in Madrid in 1657, aged 49. -
Lord George Goring’s life was that of an exemplary courtier. In 1625 he went to Paris on behalf of Charles I with the all important documentation concerning the King’s marriage to Henriette Marie de Bourbon,then aged sixteen. The betrothal took place in the audience chamber of the Louvre on May 8th 1625, and on May 11th the marriage by proxy was celebrated in the cathedral of Notre Dame,the Duc de Chevreuse, a distant relative of Charles ,standing proxy for the groom. The ceremony was performed by Cardinal de la Rochfoucauld and the bride was dressed in cloth of silver and gold decorated in diamonds and gold fleur de lys. Goring witnessed the ceremony and hurried back to his master in England with the news.
In 1628 he was appointed to the Queen’s household as Vice Chamberlain, later becoming Master of the Horse. Such appointments would denote catholic sympathies as Henriette retained her faith on her marriage.
In 1634 he greeted Madame de Chevreuse, an old friend of Henrietta’s at her arrival in Portsmith,fleeing the fury of Cardinal Richelieu for her political conniving .In February 1642 he accompanied Henrietta to Holland with her daughter, Princess Mary, who was taking residence there with her husband , William of Orange. The queen had also in mind to sell her jewels to finance the forthcoming conflict.
Lord Goring was a man of greater integrity than his son , George Goring , who betrayed a royalist plan to free Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford and Charles’most capable minister from the Tower of London pending his trial.in 1641 and execution in May of that year.The latter was defeated by the New Model Army at Langport in 1645.