Richard Gaudin-Martin

Sir Richard Gaudin-Martin, 1st Baronet, DL (1838 – 1921) was a British Colonial administrator.

Born Richard Martin, in the south of England, he was the son of Sir William Martin, a judge. He initially trained as a cadet in the Royal Navy, later joining the Foreign Office. In 1874 he married Elizabeth Gaudin, daughter of Philip Albert Gaudin of Greenfarm, Jersey. Together they had five children.

From 1882 to 1885 he served in Dublin as deputy to the Earl Spencer, who was then undertaking his second term as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. On 29 May 1885, Gaudin-Martin was created a baronet, of Dublin, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Prior to the creation of the letters patent of his Baronetcy, he had assumed the additional surname of Gaudin, so that he might inherit under his father-in-law's will

Gaudin-Martin subsequently went to New Zealand with his family where he served as Acting Secretary for Crown Lands. He remained in New Zealand, retiring to the South Island in 1909. He died on 1 November 1921 aged 83, and his title was inherited by his eldest son.

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