Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford

Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford (1673-1729)

Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford PC (14 December 1673 – 17 October 1729) was a British peer and member of the House of Lords.

Life

In 1685, he succeeded his father as Baron Guilford. From 1703 to 1705, Guilford was Lord Lieutenant of Essex. In 1712, he was appointed to the Privy Council, and was First Lord of Trade from 1713 to 1714.

Family

North was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke and Sarah Dashwood, whom he married in 1695. His second wife was Alicia Brownlow, daughter of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard, whom he married around 1703.

Guilford was succeeded by his son by his second wife Francis North, 3rd Baron Guilford, who later became 1st Earl of Guilford.

References

Dictionary of National Biography, North, Francis, first Baron Guilford (1637–1685), lord chancellor, by Augustus Jessopp. Published 1894.
http://thepeerage.com/p3022.htm#i30219

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Winchilsea	First Lord of Trade 1713–1714	Succeeded by The Lord Berkeley of Stratton
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Oxford	Lord Lieutenant of Essex 1703–1705	Succeeded by The Earl Rivers
Peerage of England
Preceded by Francis North	Baron Guilford 1685–1729	Succeeded by Francis North

Presidents of the Board of Trade

Shaftesbury Bridgewater Stamford Weymouth Stamford Winchilsea Guilford Berkeley Suffolk Holderness Fitzwalter Monson Halifax Sandys Townshend Shelburne Hillsborough Dartmouth Hillsborough Nugent Hillsborough Dartmouth Sackville Carlisle Grantham Sydney Liverpool Montrose Auckland Bathurst Clancarty Robinson Huskisson Grant Vesey-Fitzgerald Herries Auckland Thomson Baring Thomson Labouchere Ripon Gladstone Dalhousie Clarendon Labouchere Henley Cardwell Stanley Henley Dnoughmore Gibson Northcote Richmond Bright Parkinson-Fortescue Adderley Sandon Chamberlain Richmond Stanhope Mundella Stanley Hicks Beach Mundella Bryce Ritchie Balfour Salisbury Lloyd George Churchill Buxton Burns Runciman Stanley Geddes Horne Baldwin Cunliffe-Lister Graham Cunliffe-Lister Runciman Stanley Duncan Lyttelton Duncan Llewellin Dalton Lyttelton Cripps Wilson Shawcross Thorneycroft Eccles Maulding Erroll Heath Jay Crosland Mason Noble Davies Walker Benn Varley Joseph Jenkin Shore Dell Smith Nott Biffen Cockfield Parkinson Tebbit Brittan Channon Young Ridley Lilley Heseltine Lang Beckett Mandelson Byers Hewitt Johnson Darling Hutton Mandelson Cable