Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber

British petroleum executive
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Quick Facts

IntroBritish petroleum executive
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Gender
Male
Birth6 November 1888, Dulwich
Death10 April 1976 (aged 87 years)
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Biography

Frederick Godber, 1st Baron Godber (6 November 1888 – 10 April 1976), was a British petroleum executive.
Godber was Chairman and Managing Director of Shell. He was Knighted 7 July 1942. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Godber, of Mayfield in the County of Sussex, in 1956. He had already been made a Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 1948.
Lord Godber died in April 1976, aged 87, when the barony became extinct. He was buried at St Dunstan Churchyard, Mayfield, Sussex.

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