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GODFREY, JAMES GEORGE, brother of Sir William Duncan Godfrey, Bart. (qv); b. 4 Jun 1808; adm. 14 Jan 1819 (Packharness'); m. 30 Mar 1843 Mary Isabella, eldest dau. of Rev. Francis Richard Maunsell, Rector of Castle Island, Co. Kerry; d. 1894.

GODFREY, JOHN, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 3 Sep 1620; adm.; KS 1635; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr. 22 Mar 1638/9, Westminster Student; BA 1642; travelled for several years on continent; d. at Paris 19 Jan 1654. Memorial tablet, East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

GODFREY, JOHN, son of Benjamin Godfrey, Watlington, Oxfordshire, and Ann --- (IGI) (perhaps Fitton); bapt. Watlington, Oxfordshire 3 Oct 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1725/6; KS 1727; d. 1727.

GODFREY, RAYMOND HILL, eldest son of John Richard Race Godfrey, Grove Road, Surbiton, Surrey, stockbroker, and Jane Mary Margaret, dau. of Col. John Humphrey [Edward ?] Hill CB, Hill’s Court, Exeter, Devon; b. 14 Feb 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1871; QS 21 Jan 1874; left May 1876; a coffee planter in Ceylon; on return to England became a member of the London Stock Exchange, adm. 1899; m. 17 Jul 1890 Kate, youngest dau. of Vice Adm. Sir George Strong Nares KCB FRS, Rochester House, Surbiton; d. 5 Nov 1925.

GODFREY, RICHARD, son of Thomas Godfrey MP, Sellinge, Kent, and his second wife Sarah, dau. of Thomas Iles, Hammersmith, Middlesex, Procurator of the Arches; b. 8 Apr 1619; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1637, matr. 7 Jul 1637, Westminster Student; BA 1641; MA 1647; took the Solemn League and Covenant; a delegate to the Parliamentary Visitors 30 Sep 1647, and “willingly” submitted to the Visitation 1648 (Burrows, 71); d. 23 Mar 1648/9. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, memorial tablet in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

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.