Godfrey Kelly

{{Short description|Bahamian sailor (1928–2022)}}

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Sir Godfrey Kelly KCMG (21 December 1928 – 10 February 2022) was a Bahamian sailor, born in the Bahamas, who competed in the 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/godfrey-kelly-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/godfrey-kelly-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=2 July 2012}}

Kelly was educated at Queen's College, Nassau, and McDonogh College Prep School, Baltimore, before training in law at Cambridge University and Middle Temple, London.{{cite web |title=Knighthood awarded to Godfrey Kelly |url=http://m.tribune242.com/news/2020/sep/29/knighthood-awarded-godfrey-kelly/ |website=The Tribune |access-date=11 February 2022}} He served in the cabinet of Sir Roland Symonette as Minister of Education between 1964 and 1967.{{cite web |title=PLP slams knighthood for Kelly |url=https://thenassauguardian.com/plp-slams-knighthood-for-kelly/ |website=The Nassau Guardian |date=31 December 2019 |access-date=11 February 2022}}

Kelly was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1999 Birthday HonoursBahamas list: {{London Gazette |issue=55514 |date=12 June 1999 |page=29 |supp=y }} and promoted to Knight Commander in the 2020 New Year Honours.{{cite web |title=New Years Honours List - Bahamas |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62868/ |website=London Gazette |access-date=11 February 2022}} He died in Nassau on 10 February 2022, at the age of 93.[http://www.tribune242.com/news/2022/feb/10/sir-godfrey-kelly-dies-age-93/ Sir Godfrey Kelly Dies Age 93]{{Cite web|title=Godfrey Kelly|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62577|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Olympedia}}