Honorific Prefix: | Dame |
Alice Godman | |
Birth Name: | Alice Mary Chaplin |
Birth Date: | 24 June 1868 |
Spouse: | Frederick DuCane Godman (married 1891–1919) |
Children: | 2 |
Dame Alice Mary Godman, (Chaplin; 24 June 1868 – 3 October 1944) was a British charity worker, serving as Deputy President of the British Red Cross Society.[1] She also had an interest in Girl Guiding and served as County Commissioner for Girl Guides in Sussex.[2] Godman was the second wife of Frederick DuCane Godman, a noted naturalist, and accompanied him on expeditions.[3]
The extinct Lord Howe Pigeon was described by Gregory Mathews in 1915, using a painting as a guide.[4] At the time, he named it Raperia godmanae for Alice Mary Godman.[5]
In the 1918 New Year Honours, Godman was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) "for services in connection with the War", and thereby granted the title dame.
She had two daughters: Eva Mary Godman (1895–1965) and Catherine Edith Godman (1896–1982). Neither married or bore issue.[6]