Frederick Goold

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

Coat of arms of Frederick Goold

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. 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. Motto Deus Mihi Providebit