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Godber was an executive in the petroleum industry, becoming Chairman and Managing Director of [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]]. He was with the Asiatic Petroleum Company in 1904, became a director of Shell Union Oil Corporation in 1922, a director of Shell Transport and Trading Company in 1928, and appointed managing director in 1934. He was chairman of Shell Union Oil from 1937 to 1946, and of Shell Transport and Trading Company from 1946 to 1961. He also served as chairman of the Rhoxana Corporation from 1922 to 1928, and was chairman of the Commonwealth Development Finance Company from its inception until retiring in 1968.<ref>The History of the British Petroleum Company, Ronald W. Ferrier, J. H. Bamberg, Cambridge University Press, 1982, p. 599</ref><ref>The Bank of England: 1950s to 1979, Forrest Capie, Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 319</ref><ref>Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 103rd edition, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1963, p. 11</ref> He was [[knight bachelor|knighted]] 7 July 1942.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35632 |date=14 July 1942 |page=3101}}</ref> He was raised to the peerage as '''Baron Godber''', of [[Mayfield and Five Ashes|Mayfield]] in the County of [[Sussex]], in 1956.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40692 |date=24 January 1956 |page=499 }}</ref> He had already been made a Grand Officer of the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]] in 1948.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38192 |date=30 January 1948 |page=741 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:19, 21 July 2022
Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber (6 November 1888 – 10 April 1976), was a British petroleum executive.[1]
Early life
Godber was the third son, and youngest of five children, of carpenter Edward Godber (1851-1938), of Camberwell, formerly of Derby, and Marion Louise (died 1932), daughter of George Peach.[2][3]
Career
Godber was an executive in the petroleum industry, becoming Chairman and Managing Director of Shell. He was with the Asiatic Petroleum Company in 1904, became a director of Shell Union Oil Corporation in 1922, a director of Shell Transport and Trading Company in 1928, and appointed managing director in 1934. He was chairman of Shell Union Oil from 1937 to 1946, and of Shell Transport and Trading Company from 1946 to 1961. He also served as chairman of the Rhoxana Corporation from 1922 to 1928, and was chairman of the Commonwealth Development Finance Company from its inception until retiring in 1968.[4][5][6] He was knighted 7 July 1942.[7] He was raised to the peerage as Baron Godber, of Mayfield in the County of Sussex, in 1956.[8] He had already been made a Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 1948.[9]
Personal life
In 1914, he married Violet Ethel Beatrice, daughter of George Lovesy, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire:[10] they had two daughters: Joyce Violet (1917-), who married in 1937 Andrew Agnew, of Sweethaw's Farm, Crowborough, Sussex, son of Sir Andrew Agnew, CBE, of Glenlee Park, New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, and had three daughters; and Daphne Joan (1923-2020), who married in 1942 Squadron Leader[11] (Archibald) Ian Scott Debenham, of Pollards Hill, Limpsfield, Surrey, RAFVR, DFC, son of Archibald Scott Debenham, of Lightoaks, Ingatestone, Essex, and had four children.[12] Lord Godber died in April 1976, aged 87, when the barony became extinct. He was buried at St Dunstan Churchyard, Mayfield, Sussex.[13]
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Frederick Godber
- ^ https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31151?rskey=EeuNpc&result=15
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 103rd edition, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1963, p. 11
- ^ The History of the British Petroleum Company, Ronald W. Ferrier, J. H. Bamberg, Cambridge University Press, 1982, p. 599
- ^ The Bank of England: 1950s to 1979, Forrest Capie, Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 319
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 103rd edition, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1963, p. 11
- ^ "No. 35632". The London Gazette. 14 July 1942. p. 3101.
- ^ "No. 40692". The London Gazette. 24 January 1956. p. 499.
- ^ "No. 38192". The London Gazette. 30 January 1948. p. 741.
- ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain, 1960, p. 100
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36245/supplement/4972/data.pdf
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 103rd edition, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1963, p. 11
- ^ findagrave.com Sir Frederick Godber
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Godber
- Portrait of Lord Godber at the National Portrait Gallery
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