Background
KILBRACKEN, of Killeerar was born on June 17, 1847 in London. Son of late John Robert Godley, of Killegar, Company Leitrim, Assistant Under Secretary of State for War, and Charlotte, daughter of C. G. Wynne, Member of Parliament.
KILBRACKEN, of Killeerar was born on June 17, 1847 in London. Son of late John Robert Godley, of Killegar, Company Leitrim, Assistant Under Secretary of State for War, and Charlotte, daughter of C. G. Wynne, Member of Parliament.
Rugby; Balliol College Oxford. Hertford, Ireland, and Eldon Law Scholar.
Fellow of Hertford College 1874. Honourable Fellow, 1909. Chairman of the Governing Body of Rugby School.
Barrister Lincoln’s Inn, 1875. Private Secretary to Right Honourable W. E. Gladstone, 1872-1874, 1880-1882. Commissioner of Inland Revenue, 1882-1883.
Undersecretary of State for: India, 1883-1909. 1st Baron, cartulary-register 1909; Arthur Godley.
Club: Athenaeum.
Heir: Honourable Hugh John Godley.