Godfrey Way Mitchell

Sir Godfrey Way Mitchell (31 October 1891 – 9 December 1982) was a construction engineer and entrepreneur who built up George Wimpey into a thriving business.

Career

Born in Peckham and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School at Hatcham, Godfrey Mitchell joined Rowe & Mitchell, his father's quarrying business on Alderney on leaving school.[1] He was given a temporary commission in the Royal Engineers in 1916 and served in France.[1]

On demobilisation he returned to England and acquired George Wimpey turning it from a small construction company into a thriving business that exploited the need for new housing after World War I.[1] He was Chairman of the Company from 1930 to 1973 and Life President from 1973 until his death.[1]

A keen amateur cricketer, he also served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Paviors in 1948.[1]

Godfrey Mitchell was knighted in 1948.[2] In 1957 he became a member of the Restrictive Practices Court.[3]

He died in Beaconsfield in 1982.[1]

Family

In 1929 he married Doreen Lilian and together they went on to have two daughters.[1]

He was the uncle of Nobel Prize winner Peter D. Mitchell.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Godfey Way Mitchell at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ↑ Cornbank
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41067. p. 2791. 10 May 1957. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
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