The John Bargrave Collection
George Goring (28 Apr 1585 - 6 Jan 1663)
English soldier, politician (member of the House of Commons between 1621 and 1628), was knighted in 1608. A favourite at court, he was created Baron Goring in 1628, and became a privy councillor in 1639 and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. He was a political ally of Buckingham and participated in Charles I's marriage negotiations.Goring is named as a benefactor in Musaeum Tradescantianum. Leith-Ross notes that Goring is one of of a few benefactor "who had been further elevated before the Musaeum Tradescantianum's publication, having been made Earl of Norwich in 1644" (168). According to Leith-Ross, "he could perhaps have been the source of some of the South American items," given his involvement in an initiative to colonize the mouth of the Amazon River (168). In his will, Tradescant the Elder entrusted Goring to distribute a sum of 150 pounds to his grandchildren (Allan, 175).
Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11101 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Goring,_1st_Earl_of_Norwich Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business Amazon
People linked to person: George Goring was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Charles I of England (1600-1649)
George Goring was a employed by Henrietta Maria (1609-1669)
George Goring was a visitor to the collection of Tradescanti (-)
George Goring was a source of object(s) for Tradescanti (-)
George Goring was a associate or acquaintance (general) of George Villiers (1592-1628)
Mary Goring (-d. 1648) was a wife of George Goring