Joseph Godber
Eric Smith | |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Douglas Hogg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1914 Bedford, England |
| Died | 25 August 1980 (aged 66) Bedford, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Miriam Sanders (m. 1936) |
| Children | 2 |
Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington, PC (17 March 1914 – 25 August 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Grantham from 1951 to 1979 and held ministerial posts in the governments of Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, and Edward Heath.
Background
Godber was born in
National Farmers Union and of the publicity and parliamentary committee. He was a member of the Tomato and Cucumber Marketing Board
.
Political career
Godber was a
Privy Counsellor in 1963 and in 1979 he was made a life peer as Baron Godber of Willington, of Willington in the County of Bedfordshire.[3]
Personal life
In 1936, Godber married Miriam Sanders in Bedford. They had two sons (including one born in 1938 and the other in 1944). Godber died in Bedford in 1980.[4]
A number of Godber's siblings distinguished themselves in later life:
- W. T. Godber, adviser to the British Government on agricultural matters, President of the East of England Agricultural Society, Chairman of the Bedfordshire Agricultural Executive Committee and the Farmers' Club;[5][6]
- Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom;[5]
- Joyce Godber, historian of Bedfordshire and author;[7]
- Rowland John Godber, owner of a rubber plantation in Malaya and later a prisoner of war. The diary of his experiences as a prisoner of war are extant and held by the Imperial War Museum;[8] and
- Geoffrey Chapman Godber, DL, Chief executive of West Sussex County Council.[9]
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ISBN 0-7230-0115-4.
- ^ "No. 47907". The London Gazette. 17 July 1979. p. 9009.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ a b Obituary in The Times, Mr W.T. Godber, 24 April 1981, p.14
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE" (PDF). 10 June 1967. p. 6278.
- ^ "Results for 'au:Godber, Joyce.' [WorldCat.org]". worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Private Papers R J Godber (Documents.20966)". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "GODBER, Geoffrey Chapman (1912–1999), DL; Chief Executive, West Sussex County Council, 1974–75, retired (Clerk of the Peace and Clerk to the Council, 1966–74); Clerk to the Lieutenancy of West Sussex, 1974–76 (Sussex, 1968–74)". Retrieved 7 February 2016.
