North - Freeland Assoc. disbanded in EA 19/6/1894; Led of small party up the Tana, returned to Lamu, 24/6/1894 dep. rejoin expedition 27/6/1894; Zanzibar 31/7/1894 & 3/8/1894 acting as Special Correspondent of "Pall Mall Gazette"; returned to Lamu 12/8/1894, back in Zanzibar 1/10/1894; On shooting trip up Tana Nov 1894; Joined EAP, Collector at Ndi, Nov 1896; d. 26/1/1897 Ndi - blackwater fever; 'an advanced Anarchist thinker …. no safe man to let loose in East Africa' (Dugmore, FO 403); 'A steady and intelligent young man … supported by the Duke of Rutland' (Hardinge, FO 107)

Uganda Journal Vol 1 No 2 - Cook - The Journey to Uganda in 1896 - ……. The first Government station was Ndi where we rested 2 days to re-organize our caravan. The Collector, a Mr Godfrey, was most hospitable; alas! He died a few months later from blackwater fever.

North - Member of British Freeland Assoc.; Journalist.

https://lizadaly.com/pages/utopian-novels/freeland.html William Slingsby Godfrey, a Socialist and member of the British Social Democratic Foundation, had once been arrested for organizing in favor of miners’ rights. Once in Africa he eagerly took up the cause of white supremacy and joined Dugmore’s raids in the interior. Godfrey eventually accepted an appointment from the British East India Protectorate and a transfer to South Africa, where he was was killed while defending a mission in 1897.