Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet

Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet (25 July 1813 – 8 May 1900)[1] was a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885.

The Goldney family, from Bristol, became clothiers in Chippenham in the sixteenth century and were long afterwards associated with Wiltshire, and particularly the town.

[9] His investments extended outside Wiltshire to Camberley in Surrey, as in 1860 he advanced money to develop a silk farm at Heatherside; however, the venture failed, Goldney foreclosed on his investment and took possession of the land, part of which later became Prior Park, Camberley, the residence of his two elder sons.

[17][18] The position of Bailiff of Chippenham passed down to Goldney; he was also a Freemason, holding the office of Grand Warden of England.

[19] He died at Eaton Place, Belgravia, London on 8 May 1900,[20] and the baronetcy passed to his first son, Gabriel Prior Goldney.