GODFREY, ROBERT, brother of Sir William Duncan Godfrey, Bart. (qv); b. 6 Oct 1807; adm. 14 Jan 1819 (Packharness').
GODFREY, STUART HILL, brother of Raymond Hill Godfrey (qv); b. 2 Jun 1861; adm. 31 Mar 1875; QS 1876; left May 1879; RMC Sandhurst 1880; 2nd Lieut., 2nd Foot 22 Jan 1881; Lieut., Royal West Surrey Regt. 1 Jul 1881; Bombay Staff Corps 17 Nov 1883; Wing Officer, 24th Bombay Native Infantry 30 Jan 1885; Capt., Indian Staff Corps 22 Jan 1892; Maj., 22 Jan 1901; supernumary list 25 Apr 1899; Lieut. -Col., 22 Jan 1907; retd. 1916; served Waziristan expedition 1901-2, Mohmand expedition 1908; Political Assistant May 1892, Political Agent Apr 1900; Political Agent, Zhob Mar 1901, Swat and Chitral Nov 1902, Baghelkand May 1911; CIE 14 Aug 1908; author, translation of Pushkin’s Kapitanskaya Dochka; m. 24 Sep 1896 Gwendolen Beatrice Nesta, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Sir Adelbert Cecil Talbot KCIE, Indian Staff Corps, Resident in Kashmir; d. 29 Nov 1941.
Godfrey, Thomas Noel Hicks, son of Thomas Godfrey MD, of Sydenham, and Rosina, d. of Thomas Curtis Hicks of Downderry, Cornwall; b. 5 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1925; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch. 1925, but did not qualify; Keith Prowse Ltd, later Decca classical recordings; Roy. Signals 1942-6, serving Sicily and Italy; m. 6 Mar. 1937 Freda Ethel Maud, d. of Frederick C. S. Cavell of Brixton; d. 1 Jan. 1972.
GODFREY, THOMAS SPRAGGING, only son of Edward Smith Godfrey, Balderton, Newark, Notts., attorney and banker, and Elizabeth Bullivant (IGI); b. 1800; adm. 28 May 1812; left 1814; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Mar 1817, matr. Mich. 1818; BA 1822; MA 1828; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jun 1819; partner, Godfrey and Hutton, bankers, Newark, from c. 1829; Alderman, Newark Town Council, Mayor 1836; of Balderton Hall, Notts.; m. 1st, 15 Sep 1823 Jane Houson (IGI); m. 2nd, 13 Jun 1829 Elizabeth Tallents (IGI); d. Jul 1859.
GODFREY, THOMAS, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 13 Apr. 1626; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1639; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1641, matr. 10 Dec 1641, Westminster Student; d. before 1696. Memorial tablet, East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
GODFREY, SIR WILLIAM DUNCAN, BART., eldest son of Sir John Godfrey, Bart., and Eleanor, eldest dau. of John Cromie, Cromore, co. Antrim; b. 30 Aug. 1797; adm. 10 Sep 1811; DL JP co. Kerry, High Sheriff 1830; succ. father as 3rd baronet 21 Jan 1841; of Kilcoleman Abbey, co. Kerry; m. 14 Oct 1824 Maria Theresa, second dau. of John Coltsman, Flesk Castle, Killarney, co. Kerry; d. 28 Sep 1873.
GODIN, BENJAMIN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1724; left 1724; of parish St. James, Westminster; m. 21 Jul 1743 Elizabeth Boatson, St. James’s, Westminster. [of St. Marylebone, will proved PCC 3 May 1773; another of High Holborn, will proved PCC 7 Nov 1781]
GODLEY, ARTHUR, son of Rev. Tridoory Godley, Minister to the Assembly of Divines; b.; in school lists 1656; KS Christmas quarter 1656; a petition by his father to the Governors for his appointment as a Bishop’s Boy, and a complaint of 1657 by three of the monitors about Godley’s eccentric behaviour when in College are preserved among the Chapter Muniments (43087, 43116).
GODOLPHIN, FRANCIS, eldest son of Sir William Godolphin, Spargor, Cornwall, and his first wife Ruth, dau. of Sir John Lambe, Kt, Colston, Wilts.; b.; adm.; KS 1640; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1642, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1642, aged 14 (see Christ Church Archives, Box 127); imprisoned in the Fleet Prison “for treason in holding correspondence with Charles Stuart, and levying war against the Parliament” Sep 1651, released on bail Dec 1651; of Colston, Wilts.; m. 1st, Elizabeth, fifth dau. of Sir John Gayer, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; lic. to m. 2nd, 16 Aug 1669 Elizabeth, widow of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart., and dau. and coheiress of Nicholas Johnson, London; will dated 3 Feb 1667, proved PCC 31 Jan 1672.
GODOLPHIN, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Francis Godolphin (qv); bap 2 Feb 1634/5; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 21 Jun 1651, Westminster Student; MA 14 Jan 1660/1; DCL 28 Sep 1663; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Oct 1662 – Dec 1665; FRS 2 Nov 1664; MP Camelford 17 Oct 1665-79; Secretary to Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador in Spain Dec 1665; employed in negotiations at Madrid in 1666-7 which led to a commercial treaty with Spain; knighted 28 Aug 1668; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1669-71; Ambassador at Madrid 1671- Nov 1678; recalled under suspicion of having become a Roman Catholic, but preferred to remain in Spain and soon afterwards openly professed himself a Catholic; his “notarial act”, providing for a posthumous will by the Procurator-General of the Jesuits and others, was declared null and void by Act of Parliament 1698; d. at Madrid, Spain 11 Jul 1696. DNB.