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- John Robert Godley (29 May 1814 – 17 November 1861) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and bureaucrat. Godley is considered to be the founder of Canterbury, New Zealand, although he lived there for only two years.
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John Robert Godley (29 May 1814 – 17 November 1861) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and bureaucrat. Godley is considered to be the founder of Canterbury, New Zealand, although he lived there for only two years.
General Sir Alexander John Godley, GCB, KCMG (4 February 1867 – 6 March 1957) was a senior British Army officer. He is best known for his role as commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and II Anzac Corps during the First World War .
The man who inspired and planned and led and established Canterbury, New Zealand, was John Robert Godley, a close friend of Gladstone, who also gave his powerful aid to the scheme.
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Aug 19, 2006 · John Godley, Lord Kilbracken: John Godley, the third Lord Kilbracken, confounded Nancy Mitford's observation that "an aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken with its head cut off; it may...
Oct 17, 2013 · It concerns John Godley, aka Lord Kilbracken, the former master of Killegar House – where the mushroom festival now takes place – whose very colourful life included spells as a wartime pilot,...
Godley, John Robert (1814–61), colonialist and civil servant, was born 29 May 1814, probably in Dublin, eldest among seven children of John Godley (1775–1863) of Killigar, Co. Leitrim, JP, DL, and high sheriff (1818) of the county, and his wife Catherine, daughter of the Hon. Denis Daly (qv) of Dunsandle, Co. Galway.
Godley, John Robert. Date of birth. 1814. Date of death. 1861. Gender. Male. Biography. Represented Canterbury Association and directed the early colonisation.
