Background
Born Richard Martin, in the south of England, he was the son of Sir William Martin, a judge.
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Richard Gaudin-Martin
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He initially trained as a cadet in the Royal Navy, later joining the Foreign Office. Together they had five children. He later assumed the additional surname of Gaudin, so that he might inherit under his father-in-law"s will.
In 1871 the Foreign Office appointed him as Consul in Dublin.
He was later to serve there as Deputy to the Earl Spencer, who was then undertaking his second term as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. On 29 May 1885, he was created a baronet, of Castleknock and Merrion Square, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Sir Richard 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.
