Goold baronets
{{short description|Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}
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The Goold Baronetcy, of Old Court in the County of Cork, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.{{London Gazette |issue=15382 |date=4 July 1801 |page=754}} It was created on 8 August 1801 for Francis Goold, with remainder to the heirs male of his father Henry Michael Goold, who gave valuable service to the government of King George III. The Goold family descends from William Gould, who served as Mayor of Cork during the reign of King Henry VII. His descendant George Gould changed the spelling of the surname to Goold. He was the father of Henry Michael Goold and the grandfather of the first Baronet.
Goold baronets, of Old Court (1801)
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|image = Goold Achievement.png
|shield = Azure on a fess Or, between five goldfinches three in chief and two in base Proper, three mullets Gules.
|crest = A demi-lion rampant Or
|motto = Deus Mihi Providebit{{cite book|title=Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference |date=1949}}}}
- Sir Francis Goold, 1st Baronet (died 1818){{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage |date=1881 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |page=261 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA261 |language=en}}
- Sir George Goold, 2nd Baronet (1778–1870)
- Sir Henry Valentine Goold, 3rd Baronet (1803–1893) – president of the Society of Science, Letters and Art, London, 1882–1893
- Sir James Stephen Goold, 4th Baronet (1848–1926){{Who's Who|title=Goold, Sir James Stephe|id=U197029|access-date=5 September 2023}}
- Sir George Patrick Goold, 5th Baronet (1878–1954){{cite book|last=Kelly's|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1943|publisher=Kelly's Directories|page=777}}
- Sir George Ignatius Goold, 6th Baronet (1903–1967){{Who's Who|title=Goold, Sir George Ignatius|id=U47635|access-date=5 September 2023}}
- Sir George Leonard Goold, 7th Baronet (1923–1997){{Who's Who|title=Goold, Sir George (Leonard)|id=U178710|access-date=5 September 2023}}
- Sir George William Goold, 8th Baronet (born 1950){{Who's Who|title=Goold, Sir George William|id=U17543|access-date=5 September 2023}}
The heir apparent to the baronetcy is George Leonard Powell Goold (born 1975), eldest son of the 8th Baronet.
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Goold baronets
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