Go dolphin, Sydney Go dolphin, Earl of

a celebrated English statesman and financier, born at Go dolphin Hall, near Helston, Cornwall; at 19 was a royal page in the Court of Charles II., and in 1678 engaged on a political mi ion in Holland; in the following year entered Parliament and was appointed to a post in the Treasury, of which, five years later, he became First Commis sioner, being at the same time raised to the peerage; under James II, was again at the head of the Treasury, and at the Revolution supported James, till the abdication, when he voted in favour of a regency; on the elevation of William to the throne was immediately reinstated at the Treasury, where he continued eight years, till the Whig ascendency brought about his dismi al; for six months in 1700 he once more a umed his former post, and under Anne fulfilled the duties of Lord High-Treasurer from 1702 to 1710, administering the finances with sagacity and integrity during the great campaigns of his friend Marl borough, and in 1706 he was created an Earl (1645-1712).