Background
Godber, Frederick was born on November 6, 1888 in Dulwich, London, England. Son of Edward and Marion Louise (Peach) Godber.
Godber, Frederick was born on November 6, 1888 in Dulwich, London, England. Son of Edward and Marion Louise (Peach) Godber.
With, Asiatic Petroleum Company, 1904-1919; president, Roxana Petroleum Corporation, St. Louis, 1919-1929; director, Shell Union Oil Corporation managing director, Royal Dutch Shell Group, 1929-1946. Chairman The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company and The Shell Petroleum Company Ltd.,1946-1961. Chairman Commonwealth Development Finance Company Ltd., 1953.
Chairman overseas supply committee Petroleum Board World World War II. Chairman of the executive committee Help Holland Council. Trustee Churchill College Trust Fund, Cambridge,1958.
Fellow Institute Petroleum (honorary).
Married Violet Ethel Beatrice Lovesy, August 29, 1914. Children: Joyce (Mistress Andrew Agnew), Daphne (Mistress Ian Debenham).