Goldney was educated at
Harrow School and became a landowner and
Freemason, rising to become
Grand Deacon of England. and "Records of Chippenham", privately published in 1889. He was
mayor of
Chippenham in 1874 and 1888,
High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1908 and also served as a
justice of the peace for
Wiltshire and
Surrey. He married Ethel Julia Swayne, of
Wilton, Wiltshire on 6 February 1875, and they had five children: Katherine Long Goldney (b. 1878), Mary Delarivière Goldney (b. 1880), Eveline Margaret Hungerford Goldney (b. 1882), Lucy Hulbert Goldney (b. 1889) and
Henry Hastings Goldney (b. 1886). His residences were Beechfield,
Corsham, Wiltshire and
Prior Place,
Camberley,
Surrey. == References ==