Founder of Canterbury, New Zealand. Born Dublin. Travelled extensively in Ireland and North America and so was asked to found a Church of England colony in New Zealand. After living there for two years he returned to England and worked for several newspapers mainly writing about colonial reform. Died at home in Gloucester Place.
There is a statue of him in Cathedral Square in Christchurch, New Zealand.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Robert Godley
Canterbury Province New Zealand In March 1848 on this site, formerly 41 Char...
London County Council John Robert Godley, 1814 - 1861, founder of Canterbury,...
Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington twice: 1905-6 and 1906-7. An active Methodist. We believe he had a daughter who married in 1902: "Jessie Murdoch Robson, daughter of Sir Henry Robson and L...
Clerk for the managers that ran the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. May be "Jnd.", either way we can't think what it might stand for.
George Joseph Levy was born on 25 May 1927, the younger of the two children of Percy Philip Levy (1892-1964) and Maude Agnes Levy née Simmons (1900-1991). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarte...
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. Our image comes from Wikipedia's photo captioned 'First West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7'. This 'Councillor R. Fielder' is p...
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest, at which time she was 6 months pregnant. Nellie Frances Wilson was born on 23 November 1882 in Kilburn, the eldest of the four children ...
