GOODE

John . Ensign 3 West India foot 5 Sep. 1811; lieut. 10 foot 10 Aug. 1826 to 20 Feb. 1835, captain on h.p. 20 Feb. 1835 to death; arrested at 218 Regent street, London 4 Nov. 1837 for making use of threatening gestures and language to Queen Victoria in the Birdcage walk same day, declared before the authorities that he was John the Second king of England, son of George iv. and Queen Caroline, and was born in Montague place, Black heath; tried in Court of Queen’s Bench for using seditious language to the Queen and sent to Bethlehem hospital as insane 18 Nov. 1837, moved to Broad moor criminal lunatic asylum March 1864 where he d. from natural decay 10 Feb. 1883. Times 6, 7, 20 Nov. 1837.