Joseph Godber

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Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington PC (17 March 1914 – 25 August 1980) was a British Conservative politician and cabinet minister.

Godber was educated at Bedford School 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.

Godber served as a Bedfordshire County Councillor. He was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham in 1951.

He served as:

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1957-1960
• Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1960-1961
• Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, 1961-1963
• Secretary of State for War, 1963
• Minister of Labour, 1963 –1964
• Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1970-1972
• Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1972–1974.

He became a Privy Counsellor in 1963. In 1979, Godber was made a life peer as Baron Godber of Willington, of Willington in the County of Bedfordshire. He died a year later in 1980, aged 66.

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• Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979

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