Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd

Who was Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd?

Godfrey John Boyle Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd CH was a British peer and industrialist.

Chetwynd was the second son of Captain Henry Weyland Chetwynd and his wife Julia. On 12 April 1893, he married Baroness Hilda von Alvensleben-Rusteberg. They later divorced and on 10 February 1904, he married Hon. Mary Eden and they had three children, Adam Duncan, John Julian, and Eve.

In 1911, Chetwynd inherited his uncle's titles. From 1915-19, 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.