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,...
Born Scotland, trained as an engineer and came to London in 1870. Mayor of Wandsworth 1905-6. Instrumental in the creation of the Tooting Bathing Lake, now Tooting Bec Lido. He donated the Clapham ...
Engineer and politician. Â Born Derby. Â He saw the potential of refrigeration and developed equipment that was used extensively both on land and on ships. Â Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1891 he fund...
Born 76 Sloane Street, Chelsea. Second baronet. Politician and writer. As a rising member of parliament, he was regarded as a future prime minister. He fell from grace when he was cited in the divo...
Paul Andrew Charles Head. He was the son of Charles R. Head (b.1933) and Mary I. Head née Lamonby (b.1933) and his birth was registered in the Newbury, Berkshire, registration district. In Octobe...
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