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Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber

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

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 one daughter, Deborah (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
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Godber
1956–1976 		Extinct
Business positions
Preceded by Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading
1946–1961 		Succeeded by


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