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.
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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,...
Judge. Chairman of Committee at the Royal Free Hospital in 1895.
Born Shropshire. As a student worked as a bus conductor then joined a bus company and worked his way up until he was Chief Executive of the Go Ahead bus company. Appointed OBE for services to tran...
Radical. Born Stirlingshire, Scotland. Came to London in 1774. 1792 co-founded the London Corresponding Society, a group advocating wider suffrage and parliamentary reform. Presecuted for high ...
Born, son of Sir Robert, at Millbank House (alias: Peterborough House, Grosvenor House). Shown on this 1690 map to be approximately on the Thorney Street site now occupied by the Hilton Double Tree...
Managing Director of NPL 2000 - 2005.
Leader of the Greater London Council, 1977 - 1981.
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