Sir Edward Goodere, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Goodere, 1st Baronet (1657–1739) of Burhope/Burghope House in the parish of Wellington[1] Herefordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1727. He was primarily a Tory, but in his first Parliament acted as a Whig.

Arms of Goodere: Gules, a fess between two chevrons vair

Goodere was the only surviving son of John Goodere of Burghope, Herefordshire and his wife Anne Morgan, the daughter of John Morgan of Kent. His father was Deputy-Governor of Bombay who had bought the Burghope (also rendered Burhope) estate on his return to England in 1669. Goodere married on 21 January 1679 at Bodenham, Herefordshire, Helen Dineley, the daughter and heir of Sir Edward Dineley of Charlton, Worcestershire, and his wife Frances Watson, the daughter of Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham.[2]

Goodere was created a baronet on 5 December 1707.[2] He was returned as Member of Parliament for Evesham at the 1708 British general election. He was returned again in 1710 and 1713.[3]

At the 1722 British general election, Goodere was returned as MP for Herefordshire.[4]

Goodere's wife died in or before 1714. He died on 29 March 1739, at the age of nearly 90.[2] He and his wife had three sons. His eldest son was killed in a duel. He was thus succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Sir John Dineley Goodere, 2nd Baronet, who was later strangled on board HMS Ruby, a crime for which his younger brother Samuel was executed. Sir John had left the Burghope estate to a nephew, John Foote.