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John Raymond Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken, DSC (17 October 1920 – 14 August 2006), was a British-born, later Irish-resident peer, wartime naval pilot, journalist, author and farmer. He was the son of The 2nd Baron Kilbracken ; his grandfather, Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken , was William Ewart Gladstone 's private secretary.
Godley, John Robert. 1814–1861. Lawyer, writer, administrator, coloniser, public servant. This biography, written by Gerald Hensley, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1990. John Robert Godley, founder of the Canterbury settlement, is said to have been born in Dublin, Ireland, on 29 May 1814, the eldest son of ...
- Early Life and Career
- The New Zealand Company
- Canterbury Association
- Arrival in New Zealand
John Robert Godley was born on 29 May 1814, in Dublin, Ireland, and died on 17 November 1861, in London, England. He was the eldest son of John Godley, an Irish landlord, and his wife Katharine Daly. John attended school at Harrow, and later Christ College, Oxford. He suffered from poor health, which prevented him from making a career as a lawyer. ...
The New Zealand Association (later the New Zealand Company) was formed in England in 1837 to carry out Edward Gibbon Wakefield’sdream of an organised English colonisation or settlement of New Zealand. It was responsible for the European settlement of Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson, and supported the church settlements in Canterbury and Otago. ...
The Canterbury Association was formed in 1848 and was supported by a number of members of parliament and English peers, including the Archbishop of Canterbury. The capital city of the new colony was to be called Christ Church, after the Oxford College John Robert Godley attended. Captain Joseph Thomaswas sent to Canterbury to choose a site and prep...
Godley married Charlotte Griffith Wynne in September 1846. The family arrived in Port Cooper (Lyttelton) in April 1850. He was met by Captain Thomas and shown the plans for three towns, and housing for the new settlers at Lyttelton. The fleet of the first four shipsreached Lyttelton in December 1850 and was met by Godley. He was the leader of the s...
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.
Aug 19, 2006 · Sat Aug 19 2006 - 01:00. 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 ...
John Robert Godley was born on 29 May 1814, in Dublin, Ireland, and died on 17 November 1861, in London, England. He was the eldest son of John Godley, an Irish landlord, and his wife Katharine Daly. John attended school at Harrow, and later Christ College, Oxford. He suffered from poor health, which prevented him from making a career as a lawyer.
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Aug 15, 2006 · John Godley, who was aged 85, was the author of a number of books, including a biography of the notorious Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren, and Bring Back My Stringbag, an account of his years as ...
