The Life of Sidney: Earl of Godolphin, K. G., Lord High Treasurer of England ...
The Life of Sidney: Earl of Godolphin, K. G., Lord High Treasurer of England ...
Elliot, Hugh Frederick Hislop, 1848-1932
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Posterity must form its own opinion as to the value of evidence so directly opposed. In 1695 Godolphin's name became associated with an institution which was destined to a magnificent and beneficent future. William III., adopting the wishes of Queen Mary, decided upon converting Greenwich Palace into a hospital for worn-out seamen. Wren was called on to enlarge and embellish the palace, and a subscription list was opened for its benefit upon which the names of the king and the chief nobility we...re immediately placed. The post of treasurer to the new hospital was one of some emolu- * Macpherson's Original Papers, August 1694. Digitized by CjOOQIC 170 THE EARL OF QODOLPHIN ment, and probably also of some influence. A man of taste who resided near the spot, who was com- petent to advise, and who had sufficient authority to direct, would no doubt be an invaluable acquisition to the formidable board of peers and Privy Councillors which composed the commission for endowing and inaugurating the work.
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