John Robert Godley

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John Robert Godley was a 19th-century Anglo-Irish statesman and colonial reformer best known as a founding figure of the Canterbury settlement in New Zealand.

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instanceOf Anglo-Irish person
colonial reformer
human
statesman
activeIn 19th century
associatedWith Canterbury Association NERFINISHED
Canterbury Province, New Zealand NERFINISHED
New Zealand colonisation NERFINISHED
birthDate 1814-05-29
birthPlace Dublin NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery, London NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
child Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken NERFINISHED
commemoratedIn Godley Head, Banks Peninsula NERFINISHED
Godley River, Canterbury NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfMarriage 1846-09-29
deathDate 1861-11-17
describedAs founder of Canterbury
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Harrow School
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
familyName Godley NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork colonial policy
land settlement reform
fullName John Robert Godley NERFINISHED
givenName John NERFINISHED
hasHonorificTitle founder of Canterbury (New Zealand)
hasMonument Godley Statue, Christchurch NERFINISHED
influencedBy Edward Gibbon Wakefield NERFINISHED
knownFor founding figure of the Canterbury settlement in New Zealand
leadership in the Canterbury Association
movement colonial reform movement
nationality British
notableWork planning of the Canterbury settlement
occupation colonial administrator
politician
public servant
positionHeld chief agent of the Canterbury Association in New Zealand
de facto leader of the Canterbury settlement
religion Anglicanism
residence Christchurch, New Zealand NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

Lyttelton, New Zealand NERFINISHED
spouse Charlotte Griffith Wynne NERFINISHED

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Canterbury Association foundedBy John Robert Godley