Joseph Godber

The Lord Godber of Willington
The Right Honourable; The Lord Godber of Willington; PC
	Godber in 1970
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
	In office; 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	James Prior
Succeeded by	Fred Peart
Minister of Labour
	In office; 21 October 1963 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	John Hare
Succeeded by	Ray Gunter
Secretary of State for War
	In office; 27 June 1963 – 21 October 1963
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	John Profumo
Succeeded by	James Ramsden
Member of Parliament; for Grantham
	In office; 26 October 1951 – 4 May 1979
Preceded by	Eric Smith
Succeeded by	Douglas Hogg
Personal details
Born	17 March 1914
Died	25 August 1980 (aged 66)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

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 from 1946 until 1952.[1] 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.[2]

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). He has 3 grandchildren (Amanda Varley, James R B Godber and Victoria Bell) and 5 great grandchildren (Lucy Varley, Emily Godber, Tom Godber, Edward Bell and Jack Bell)

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References

The Times Guide to the House of Commons February 1974. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1974. p. 132. ISBN 0 7230 0115 4.
"No. 47907". The London Gazette. 17 July 1979. p. 9009.

Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979

External links

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 Eric Smith	Member of Parliament for Grantham 1951–1979	Succeeded by Hon. Douglas Hogg
Political offices
Preceded by John Profumo	Secretary of State for War 1963	Succeeded by James Ramsden
Preceded by Hon. John Hare	Minister of Labour 1963-64	Succeeded by Ray Gunter
Preceded by Jim Prior	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1972-74	Succeeded by Fred Peart

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[Times-1] The Times Guide to the House of Commons February 1974. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1974. p. 132. ISBN 0 7230 0115 4.

[2] "No. 47907". The London Gazette. 17 July 1979. p. 9009.