Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd

Godfrey John Boyle Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd, CH (3 October 1863 – 22 March 1936) was a British peer and industrialist.

Chetwynd was the second son of Captain Henry Weyland Chetwynd (1829–1893; the third son of the ) and his wife Julia Bosville Davidson (d. 1901; a maternal granddaughter of the ). On 12 April 1893, he married Baroness Hilda von Alvensleben-Rusteberg. They later divorced and on 10 February 1904, he married Hon. Mary Eden (the third daughter of the ) and they had three children, (1904–1965), John Julian (1906–1966), and (Mary Diana) Eve (1908–1997).

In 1911, Chetwynd inherited his uncle's titles. Between 1915 and 1919, he was managing director of the National Shell Filling Factory No. 6, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, which he designed and built; for which he was a made a Companion of Honour for his services to the war effort.

Coat of arms of Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd hide

Crest A goat's head erased Argent attired Or. Escutcheon Azure a chevron between three mullets Or. Supporters Two unicorns Argent each gorged with a chaplet of roses Gules barbed and seeded Proper thereto affixed reflexed over the back a line of roses as around the neck. Motto Probitas Verus Honos[1]

References[]

• Haslam, M.J. (Captain RAOC), (1982). The Chilwell Story: 1915 – 1982, VC Factory and Ordnance Depot. Nottingham: The RAOC Corps Gazette. ISBN 0-9508092-0-9.

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