W. T. Godber

In partnership with his father and trading as I. Godber & Son, Godber initially ran a farm in Harrold, Bedfordshire.^[6] The partnership was dissolved in 1935 after which Godber continued to carry on the business but trading in his own name.^[6]

Godber became an authority on agricultural engineering and sat on many important boards connected with husbandry.^[1] He was an adviser to the British Government on agricultural issues, was a board member of the British Society for Research in Agricultural Engineering^{[7][8][9][10]} and, in 1969, was elected Chairman of the Bedfordshire Agricultural Executive Committee.^[11][12]

Godber was elected Chairman of the Farmers' Club in 1971^[1][13] and President of the East of England Agricultural Society in 1975 before being succeeded by John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch.^[14] Godber was also Chairman of the Shuttleworth College, Bedfordshire^[15] and, in 1974, was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England in recognition of his services in promoting the objects for which the Society was established.^[16]

Godber was appointed CBE in 1967.^[2]

A number of Godber's siblings distinguished themselves in later life:

• Baron Godber of Willington, British Conservative party politician and cabinet minister;^[1]
• Sir George Godber GCB, Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom;^[1]
• Joyce Godber, historian of Bedfordshire and author;^[4][17]
• Rowland John Godber, owner of a rubber plantation in Malaya and later a prisoner of war. The diary of his experiences as a prisoner of war are extant and held by the Imperial War Museum;^[18] and
• Geoffrey Chapman Godber, CBE DL, Chief executive of West Sussex County Council.^[19]

Godber was married to Dorothy and had 2 daughters, Gillian and Susan.^[20] He died in Bedfordshire on 18 April 1981.^[1]