Marjorie Godfrey
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|03|29}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|10|27|1919|03|29}}
| term = 1971–1977
| birth_place = Hyderabad, British Raj
| alma_mater = Osmania University
| death_place = Hyderabad, India
| office = Member of the 5th Lok Sabha
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
Marjorie Godfrey (29 March 1919 – 27 October 2003) was an Anglo-Indian nominated member of the 5th Lok Sabha and the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Marjorie was born on 29 March 1919 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Osmania University.{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Godfrey, Shrimati Marjorie|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2093.htm|publisher=Lok Sabha|accessdate=6 November 2017}}
Career
Godfrey was an educationist who served for 17 years as the Superintendent-in-Charge of Examinations and Selections. She established The Catholic Association of Hyderabad. She was one of the two Anglo-Indian members nominated to the 5th Lok Sabha in 1971.{{cite book|title=Careers Digest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYHNAAAAMAAJ|volume=8|year=1971|page=622}} Prior to this, she had been a nominated member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for four years and a Vice President of the All India Anglo-Indian Association's governing body.{{cite web|title=Thirteenth Loksabha: Session 14 Date: 05-12-2003|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Debates/Result13.aspx?dbsl=7147|publisher=Lok Sabha|accessdate=6 November 2017}}
Godfrey also served on the Central Social Welfare Advisory Board and represented Andhra Pradesh at the Inter-State Board for Anglo-Indian Education.
Personal life
On 10 January 1949, Marjorie married Allen Godfrey. They had two children. She died on 27 October 2003, due to cardiac arrest. The Andhra Pradesh Council of Churches and The Catholic Association of Hyderabad offered condolences after her death.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2003-10-28|title=Marjorie Godfrey dies|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/marjorie-godfrey-dies/article27806157.ece|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-05-24|issn=0971-751X}}
Her daughter Della Godfrey was also a nominated member of the Andhra Pradesh state assembly.
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Category:Politicians from Hyderabad, India
Category:Osmania University alumni
Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha
Category:Indian Roman Catholics
Category:Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Category:Nominated members of the Lok Sabha
Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1967–1972