Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber

Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber (6 November 1888 – 10 April 1976), was a British petroleum executive.[1]

"Baron Godber" redirects here. For Baron Godber of Willington, see Joseph Godber.

Godber was Chairman and Managing Director of Shell. He was Knighted 7 July 1942.[2] He was raised to the peerage as Baron Godber, of Mayfield in the County of Sussex, in 1956.[3] He had already been made a Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 1948.[4]

He married Violet Lovesey: they had two daughters, Joy and Daphne(1923-2020). She married Ian Debenham DFC. Lord Godber died in April 1976, aged 87, when the barony became extinct. He was buried at St Dunstan Churchyard, Mayfield, Sussex.[5]

References
  1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Frederick Godber
  2. "No. 35632". The London Gazette. 14 July 1942. p. 3101.
  3. "No. 40692". The London Gazette. 24 January 1956. p. 499.
  4. "No. 38192". The London Gazette. 30 January 1948. p. 741.
  5. findagrave.com Sir Frederick Godber


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