Charles Godby

Charles John Godby (1851–1919) was the Dean of Melbourne[1] from 1914 until his death.[2]

Godby was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1876.[4] After a curacy in Newark he emigrated to Australia[5] and was an incumbent in Seymour and Malvern, Victoria and also became a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne in 1894.

He died in the final week of August 1919.[6]

References

1. Mahalo
2. Trove
3. "Cambridge University", The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), 29 January 1875.
4. "Ordinations: Lincoln", The Morning Post (London, England), 15 June 1876, p. 3.
5. Victoria Gazette
6. Trove (ibid)

Religious titles
Preceded by Reginald Stephen	Dean of Melbourne 1914–1919	Succeeded by John Stephen Hart