John Robert Godley
(1814-1861)

Died aged c. 47

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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Commemorated on 2 plaques

John Robert Godley 1814–1861 Founder of Canterbury New Zealand lived and died here

48 Gloucester Place, Marylebone, W1, London, United Kingdom where they was

John Robert Godley Founder of Province of Canterbury N. Z. Born at this site in 1814

Now Holles St Hospital, Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland where they was born (1814)