Lord Kilbracken | |
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Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 1880–1882 | |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | Montagu Corry |
Succeeded by | Edward Walter Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | John Arthur Godley 17 June 1847 |
Died | 27 June 1932 | (aged 85)
Spouse |
Sarah (Sarina) James
(m. 1871) |
Children | 5 |
Relatives | Hugh Godley John Robert Godley Charlotte Godley A. D. Godley Alexander Godley |
Education | Radley College Rugby School |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Awards | GCB (1908) |
John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, GCB (17 June 1847 – 27 June 1932), was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and British civil servant and the longest serving, and probably the most influential, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.[1]