Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken explained

Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken
Birth Date:12 June 1877
Father:Arthur Godley
Occupation:Lawyer
Relatives:Charlotte Godley (grandmother)
John Robert Godley (grandfather)
Spouse:Elizabeth Hamilton
Children:1+, including John

Hugh John Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken (12 June 1877 – 13 October 1950) was an Irish barrister and nobleman from County Leitrim.

Biography

Godley was educated as a lawyer, and was appointed a King's Counsel in January 1924. He became counsel to the Lord Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords.

Godley succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Kilbracken in 1932, and he was married to Elizabeth Helen Monteith Hamilton.[1]

As a lover of music and good friend of the pianist and composer Donald Tovey he was also a committee member in the London Classical Concert Society around 1913.[2]

He was succeeded by his son John[3] to the barony upon his death in 1950.

Escutcheon:Argent three unicorns’ heads erased Sable horned Gules two and one and three trefoils slipped Vert one and two.
Crest:A unicorn’s head erased Argent horned Gules charged with three trefoils slipped Vert.
Supporters:On the dexter side a gryphon Sable charged on the shoulder with four mullets in cross Argent on the sinister side a lion Argent charged on the shoulder with four roses also in cross Gules barbed and seeded Proper.
Motto:Sans Dieu Rien [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hugh John Godley 2nd Baron Kilbracken CB KC + Elizabeth Helen Monteith Hamilton. www.stanford.edu. 12 September 2012.
  2. Book: Grierson . Mary . Donald Francis Tovey . 1952 . Geoffrey Cumberlege . London.
  3. Web site: Kilbracken, Baron (UK, 1909). www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. 12 September 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130419231023/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1021.htm. 19 April 2013.
  4. Book: [Burke's Peerage ]. 1959.