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John Robert Godley
Portrait of John Robert Godley
Born29 May 1814
Dublin, Ireland
Died29 November 1861(1861-11-29) (aged 47)
London, England
MonumentsGodley Statue in Christchurch
NationalityBritish
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationColonial reformer
EmployerCanterbury Association
Known forFounder of Canterbury
SpouseCharlotte Godley
ChildrenArthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken
RelativesDenis Daly (grandfather)
James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (uncle)
Robert Daly (uncle)
Sir Morgan George Crofton, 3rd Baronet (uncle by marriage)
A. D. Godley (nephew)
Alexander Godley (nephew)
Charles Griffith-Wynne (father-in-law)
Charles Wynne (brother-in-law)
Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken (grandson)

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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entrance to Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō. The headland is named for John Robert Godley. The headland was known to Māori as Awaroa. The wider area around...

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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...

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Rev. Henry Hildyard. Charles Wynne was her brother. Her marriage to John Robert Godley was registered in Llanrwst, Wales in the late summer of 1846. They...

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Godley was born in London to Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken and his wife Elizabeth Usborn. He was born six years after his older brother, John who...

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Christchurch

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Oxford, the alma mater of many members of the association, including John Robert Godley. Christ Church college had similarities with the planned new city...

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First Four Ships

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as the Canterbury Pilgrims. Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Irish-born John Robert Godley, the guiding forces within the Canterbury Association, organised an...

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Canterbury Association

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November 1849. The prime movers were Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley. Wakefield was heavily involved in the New Zealand Company, which...

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Jerningham Wakefield

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Canterbury; being Letters from the late Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the late John Robert Godley etc. (1868) editor The Lost Journal of Edward Jerningham Wakefield;...

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Canterbury Region

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European settlers. In 1848, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a Briton, and John Robert Godley, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, founded the Canterbury Association to...

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European settlers in New Zealand

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formed after a meeting between Edward Gibbon Wakefield and businessman John Robert Godley. The Canterbury Association had clear and simple plans. A block of...

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Edward Gibbon Wakefield

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Wakefield was getting involved in a new scheme. He was working with John Robert Godley to promote a new settlement in New Zealand, this one to be sponsored...

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Thomas Woolner

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such as Captain Cook and Sir Stamford Raffles. His bronze statue of John Robert Godley in Christchurch, New Zealand, was toppled and shattered into several...

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List of places named after people

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Gisborne – William Gisborne Gladstone – William Ewart Gladstone Godley Head – John Robert Godley Gore – Thomas Gore Browne Greerton – Lieutenant-Colonel Henry...

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History of Christchurch

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the time that John Robert Godley arrived in April 1850 all of the funds for public works had been used up in constructing the road. Godley ordered that...

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Christchurch Central City

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of the Canterbury Association were Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley. Godley, with his family, went out to New Zealand in early 1850 to oversee...

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Frances Elizabeth Wynne

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of the Earls of Aylesford. Frances' older sister Charlotte married John Robert Godley and is notable for her letter writing and community leadership in...

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10cc

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initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together since 1968. The group...

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Felix Wakefield

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uttering threats against the Canterbury Association's Land Agent, John Robert Godley. And then, just as precipitately, he returned to New Zealand. He arrived...

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