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<p>2601:241:300:B610:D888:3C1F:6F0A:E7D: /* References */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}<br /> [[File:Arthur Godley in later life.jpg|thumb|Lord Kilbracken in later life]]<br /> '''John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}} (17 June 1847 – 27 June 1932), was an [[Anglo-Irish people|Anglo-Irish]] aristocrat and British civil servant and the longest serving, and probably the most influential, [[Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India]].<br /> <br /> He was the only son of [[John Robert Godley]], a colonial reformer, and [[Charlotte Godley]], a letter-writer and community leader.&lt;ref name=&quot;DNZB Charlotte Godley&quot;&gt;{{DNZB|last=Hughes|first=Beryl|id=1g11|title=Charlotte Godley|accessdate=23 April 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt; Having studied at [[Radley College|Radley]], [[Rugby School|Rugby]], and [[Balliol College, Oxford]] (where he won the [[Gaisford Prize]] for Greek Verse), his first important role was acting as Assistant Private Secretary to [[William Ewart Gladstone]], then [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], during the years 1872 to 1874. He was elected a fellow of [[Hertford College, Oxford]] for the period 1874 to 1881. In 1880 Godley was appointed Commissioner for [[Inland Revenue]], a position he held till 1882. Appointed Under-Secretary of State at the India Office in 1883, he remained there for 26 years, retiring in 1909. On 8 December 1909 he was raised to the peerage as '''The [[Baron Kilbracken]]''', of Killegar in the [[County Leitrim|County of Leitrim]].&lt;ref&gt;{{London Gazette |issue=28317 |date=14 December 1909 |page=9514}}&lt;/ref&gt; His autobiography, ''Reminiscences of Lord Kilbracken'', was published in 1931, the year before he died. He was succeeded in the Barony by his eldest and only surviving son, [[Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken|Hugh]].<br /> <br /> Lord Kilbracken was a first cousin of the classical scholar [[A. D. Godley]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Commons category|Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken}}<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{S-start}}<br /> {{S-gov}}<br /> {{Succession box | title = [[Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India]] | years = 1883&amp;ndash;1909 | before = [[Louis Mallet]] | after = [[Richmond Ritchie]]}}<br /> {{S-reg|uk}}<br /> {{Succession box | title=[[Baron Kilbracken]] | before= New creation | after=[[Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken|Hugh John Godley]] | years=1909–1932 }}<br /> {{S-end}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kilbracken, John Godley, 1st Baron}}<br /> [[Category:1847 births]]<br /> [[Category:1932 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]<br /> [[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]<br /> [[Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford]]<br /> [[Category:Fellows of Hertford College, Oxford]]<br /> [[Category:People educated at Radley College]]<br /> [[Category:People educated at Rugby School]]<br /> [[Category:Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India|Godley, Arthur]]<br /> [[Category:Principal Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister|Godley, Arthur]]<br /> [[Category:Civil servants in the Board of Inland Revenue|Godley, Arthur]]<br /> [[Category:Peers created by Edward VII]]</div>

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