Joseph Godber
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Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington, PC (17 March 1914 – 25 August 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister.
Background
Godber was educated at Bedford School, between 1922 and 1931, and became a nurseryman. He became chairman of the county glasshouse section of the 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 Bedfordshire County Councillor. He was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham in 1951, a seat he held until 1979. He served under Harold Macmillan as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1957 to 1960, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1960 to 1961, as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1961 to 1963 and as Secretary of State for War in 1963, under Sir Alec Douglas-Home as Minister of Labour from 1963 to 1964 and under Edward Heath as Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1970 to 1972 and as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1972–1974. Godber was appointed 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.[1]
Personal life
Lord Godber of Willington died in August 1980, aged 66. In 1936, he married Miriam Sanders in Bedford. They had two sons (including one born in 1938).
References
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Joseph Godber
- Portraits of Joseph Godber at the National Portrait Gallery, London
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Grantham 1951–1979 |
Succeeded by Hon. Douglas Hogg |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Secretary of State for War 1963 |
Succeeded by James Ramsden |
| Preceded by | Minister of Labour 1963-64 |
Succeeded by Ray Gunter |
| Preceded by | Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1972-74 |
Succeeded by Fred Peart |
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 47907. p. 9009. 17 July 1979.
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- 1914 births
- 1980 deaths
- British Secretaries of State
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Councillors in Bedfordshire
- Conservative Party (UK) life peers
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Agriculture ministers of the United Kingdom
- People educated at Bedford School
- Secretaries of State for War (UK)
- UK MPs 1951–55
- UK MPs 1955–59
- UK MPs 1959–64
- UK MPs 1964–66
- UK MPs 1966–70
- UK MPs 1970–74
- UK MPs 1974
- UK MPs 1974–79
- Politics of Grantham
