GODFREY, RICHARD, son of Thomas Godfrey MP, Sellinge, Kent, and his second wife Sarah, dau. of Thomas Iles, Hammersmith, Middlesex, Procurator of the Arches; b. 8 Apr 1619; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1637, matr. 7 Jul 1637, Westminster Student; BA 1641; MA 1647; took the Solemn League and Covenant; a delegate to the Parliamentary Visitors 30 Sep 1647, and “willingly” submitted to the Visitation 1648 (Burrows, 71); d. 23 Mar 1648/9. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, memorial tablet in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

GODFREY, STUART HILL, brother of Raymond Hill Godfrey (qv); b. 2 Jun 1861; adm. 31 Mar 1875; QS 1876; left May 1879; RMC Sandhurst 1880; 2nd Lieut., 2nd Foot 22 Jan 1881; Lieut., Royal West Surrey Regt. 1 Jul 1881; Bombay Staff Corps 17 Nov 1883; Wing Officer, 24th Bombay Native Infantry 30 Jan 1885; Capt., Indian Staff Corps 22 Jan 1892; Maj., 22 Jan 1901; supernumary list 25 Apr 1899; Lieut. -Col., 22 Jan 1907; retd. 1916; served Waziristan expedition 1901-2, Mohmand expedition 1908; Political Assistant May 1892, Political Agent Apr 1900; Political Agent, Zhob Mar 1901, Swat and Chitral Nov 1902, Baghelkand May 1911; CIE 14 Aug 1908; author, translation of Pushkin’s Kapitanskaya Dochka; m. 24 Sep 1896 Gwendolen Beatrice Nesta, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Sir Adelbert Cecil Talbot KCIE, Indian Staff Corps, Resident in Kashmir; d. 29 Nov 1941.

Godfrey, Thomas Noel Hicks, son of Thomas Godfrey MD, of Sydenham, and Rosina, d. of Thomas Curtis Hicks of Downderry, Cornwall; b. 5 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1925; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch. 1925, but did not qualify; Keith Prowse Ltd, later Decca classi­cal recordings; Roy. Signals 1942-6, serving Sicily and Italy; m. 6 Mar. 1937 Freda Ethel Maud, d. of Frederick C. S. Cavell of Brixton; d. 1 Jan. 1972.

GODFREY, THOMAS, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 13 Apr. 1626; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1639; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1641, matr. 10 Dec 1641, Westminster Student; d. before 1696. Memorial tablet, East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

GODLEY, ARTHUR, son of Rev. Tridoory Godley, Minister to the Assembly of Divines; b.; in school lists 1656; KS Christmas quarter 1656; a petition by his father to the Governors for his appointment as a Bishop’s Boy, and a complaint of 1657 by three of the monitors about Godley’s eccentric behaviour when in College are preserved among the Chapter Muniments (43087, 43116).

GODOLPHIN, FRANCIS, eldest son of Sir William Godolphin, Spargor, Cornwall, and his first wife Ruth, dau. of Sir John Lambe, Kt, Colston, Wilts.; b.; adm.; KS 1640; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1642, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1642, aged 14 (see Christ Church Archives, Box 127); imprisoned in the Fleet Prison “for treason in holding correspondence with Charles Stuart, and levying war against the Parliament” Sep 1651, released on bail Dec 1651; of Colston, Wilts.; m. 1st, Elizabeth, fifth dau. of Sir John Gayer, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; lic. to m. 2nd, 16 Aug 1669 Elizabeth, widow of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart., and dau. and coheiress of Nicholas Johnson, London; will dated 3 Feb 1667, proved PCC 31 Jan 1672.

GODOLPHIN, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Francis Godolphin (qv); bap 2 Feb 1634/5; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 21 Jun 1651, Westminster Student; MA 14 Jan 1660/1; DCL 28 Sep 1663; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Oct 1662 – Dec 1665; FRS 2 Nov 1664; MP Camelford 17 Oct 1665-79; Secretary to Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador in Spain Dec 1665; employed in negotiations at Madrid in 1666-7 which led to a commercial treaty with Spain; knighted 28 Aug 1668; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1669-71; Ambassador at Madrid 1671- Nov 1678; recalled under suspicion of having become a Roman Catholic, but preferred to remain in Spain and soon afterwards openly professed himself a Catholic; his “notarial act”, providing for a posthumous will by the Procurator-General of the Jesuits and others, was declared null and void by Act of Parliament 1698; d. at Madrid, Spain 11 Jul 1696. DNB.

Godsal, Charles Philip Lloyd, son of Herbert Godsal, barrister-at-law, and Helen Margaret, d. of Henry Scrymgeour Scrymgeour-Wedderburn DL, Hereditary Royal Standard-Bearer for Scotland, of Wedderburn, Forfar; b. 26 Oct. 1907; adm. May 1922 (R); left Apr. 1924; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1930; chairman Air Carriers Ltd; dir. Firedoors Ltd; d. 4 May 1965.

GODSALVE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1 Feb 1547/8 (Acts of Chapter).

Godson, Rufus John, son of Lieut. -Col. Charles Aubrey Godson MC MRCS LRCP DTM, Indian Med. Service, and Olive Mary Morgan, d. of Rev. James Bone Hawkesford, Rector of Rodmell, Sussex; b. 9 July 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1943; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1947 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1950; Univ. of Oxf. Inst. of Statistics 1948-50; commercial officer, Brit. Coking Industry Assn. 1953-66; sen. economist, Brit. Iron and Steel Fedn., later Brit. Steel Corpn., 1966-9; sen., later chief economist, Brit. Gas Corpn. 1969-87; dir. of economic planning, Brit. Gas Plc 1988-; MBE Jan. 1988; m. 1947 Barbara Jean Fletcher; d. 23 Sept. 2008.