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2 unusual facts about John Robert Godley


John Robert Godley

The Randolph, the Cressy, the Sir George Seymour, and the Charlotte Jane all carried pilgrims and supplies for the planned colony.

He married Charlotte Griffith Wynne, daughter of Mr C.G. Wynne of Denbighshire, in September 1846.


Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook

He met John Robert Godley on 24 November 1849 to discuss educational matters for the proposed settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, and gave £600 for education as a memorial to Charles Buller, who had died in the previous year.


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