John Stenhouse Goldie-Taubman

Who was John Stenhouse Goldie-Taubman?

Sir John Stenhouse Goldie-Taubman JP followed his father, John Taubman Goldie-Taubman, both into the House of Keys and also as Speaker. He was first elected as a Member by the Keys in 1859 and then elected by the voters of Douglas in 1867, when he was chosen as the new Speaker. He oversaw first the new elected Keys and then its move to the new House of Keys in Douglas in 1874. He became the first Provincial Grand Master of the Isle of Man Freemasons from 1886 to 1898

He was a half-brother of Sir George Taubman Goldie, who founded the Royal Niger Company.

In 1860 he married Amelia Grove-Ross and they had seven children. He died at their residence, The Nunnery, Douglas, from pleurisy on 9 November 1898, having been ill for over three weeks.