Goddard (given Name)
Goddard is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Goddard Lieberson (1911–1977), American record producer and music industry executive *Goddard Oxenbridge (died 1537), English landowner and administrator * Goddard Pemberton (died 1616), English politician See also *Goddard (surname) Goddard is a surname of Norman origin, found in England and France. It is derived from the personal name "Golhard". Recorded variants include Godard and Godart in England; Goudard and Godar in France; Gotthard, Godehard and Goddert in Germany; ...

Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ...
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Goddard Lieberson
Goddard Lieberson (April 5, 1911 – May 29, 1977) was the president of Columbia Records from 1956 to 1971, and again from 1973 to 1975. He became president of the Recording Industry Association of America in 1964. He was also a composer, and studied with George Frederick McKay, at the University of Washington, Seattle. He married Vera Zorina in 1946 and with her had 2 children. Biography Lieberson was born to a Jewish family on April 5, 1911, in Hanley in Staffordshire; his father was a manufacturer of rubber shoe heels who took his family to the United States when Lieberson was a child. He studied classical piano and composition at the Eastman School of Music in the 1930s and after graduating he wrote classical concert reviews under the pseudonym "Johann Sebastian".Dannen, Frederic, ''Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside The Music Business'', Vintage Books, 1991 (), p. 58 He was married to actress/dancer Vera Zorina from 1946 until his death in 1977. They had two s ...
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Goddard Oxenbridge
Sir Goddard Oxenbridge, KB (died 1537) was an English landowner and administrator from Sussex. Origins Prominent in East Sussex for generations, the family's home in Brede, which he improved and extended, had been built in the 14th century. Probably born in the 1470s, he was the son and heir of Robert Oxenbridge (died 1487), of Brede, and his wife Ann Livelode (died 1494). His unmarried brother was John Oxenbridge (died 1522), a Canon of Windsor, and his sister Magdalen (died 1544) was the mother of the courtier Sir Nicholas Carew. Life As a major landowner, both by inheritance and by his first marriage, he had extensive estates to manage but his status also made him eligible for public duties. In 1506 he served his first spell as sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, being selected again in 1512 and 1519. On 23 June 1509, in honour of the coronation of King Henry VIII, he was made a Knight of the Bath. In 1511 and 1512 he was appointed to Commissions of the Peace. On 24 May ...
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Goddard Pemberton
Sir Goddard Pemberton (d. 1616) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. He was a son of Robert Pemberton of Rushden and Margaret Throckmorton, a daughter Richard Throckmorton of Higham Ferrers. Pemberton greatly benefitted by his marriage and the political influence of Sir John Stanhope the husband of his sister-in-law Margaret Macwilliam. His home was Hertingfordbury House, where he hosted King James and Anne of Denmark for a day in July 1605. He was Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers in 1604 and Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1615. He married Susannah, daughter of Henry Macwilliam and widow of Edward Saunders. Some sources say she was a daughter of Sir Thomas Cheek, her mother was Mary Cheke Mary, Lady Cheke (née Hill; - 30 November 1616) was an English courtier, poet, and epigrammatist,. She served as lady of the privy chamber to Elizabeth I. Biography Born Mary Hill in Hampshire around 1532. Her father was Richard Hill (d. 153 .... He died on 1 August ...
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