Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken

Lord Kilbracken
Lord Kilbracken in later life
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1880–1882
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byMontagu Corry
Succeeded byEdward Walter Hamilton
Personal details
Born
John Arthur Godley

(1847-06-17)17 June 1847
Died27 June 1932(1932-06-27) (aged 85)
Spouse
Sarah (Sarina) James
(m. 1871)
Children5
RelativesHugh Godley
John Robert Godley
Charlotte Godley
A. D. Godley
Alexander Godley
EducationRadley College
Rugby School
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
AwardsGCB (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]

  1. ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 515.