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

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Biography

Godley was educated as a lawyer, and was appointed a

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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. As a lover of music and good friend of the pianist and composer

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he was also a committee member in the London ''Classical Concert Society'' around 1913. He was succeeded by his son

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to the barony upon his death in 1950.

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