| 词条 | Godfrey Way Mitchell |
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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. CareerBorn 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] FamilyIn 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.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Godfey Way Mitchell at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Godfrey}}2. ^Cornbank 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=41067|page=2791|date=10 May 1957}} 4. ^{{cite journal|jstor=770310|title=Peter Dennis Mitchell. 29 September 1920-10 April 1992|first=E. C. |last=Slater|publisher=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume= 40 |date=1 November 1994|pages=282–305}} 3 : 1891 births|1982 deaths|British engineers |
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