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Sir Walter Godfrey

Sir Walter Godfrey was a British diplomat and ambassador to South Korea from 1961 to 1966. Born in Battersea, London in 1907, he was educated at Battersea Grammar School and Jesus College Cambridge, where he studied Modern Languages. Married in 1943 to Elizabeth Houston, he had three sons, Hugh (1944), David (1946) and Michael (1948). His first posting was to Algiers, and he later served as High Commissioner to India, and Commercial Attaché to Pakistan, Brazil, and Egypt before his posting to Seoul, Korea. He published a book on the economics of Brazil, was awarded the KBE in 1963, and died in 1976.