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Henry Ronald Godfrey (1887 - 1968), was an early English motor car design engineer.

Born near London, he met Archibald Frazer-Nash at technical college, to produce the GN cycle car.^[1] A light-weight two-cylinder car first sold in 1911, it stayed in production through 1922.

After Archie left the company in 1922 to form Frazer-Nash, Godfrey also left to form repair business HR Godfrey Motors, which supplied GN spares and offered rebuilds. This enterprise formed the basis of his partnership with Stuart Proctor, with whom he formed Godfrey and Proctor. Continuing the servicing of GN's, they produced their own car based on the Austin Seven. However, the venture proved unsuccessful, with only about 10 cars produced by the time the company ceased trading in 1928.

In 1929, Godfrey formed a new partnership with Archie to form Nash and Thompson in Kingston-upon-Thames. Involved in engineering work for the Admiralty and the Royal Air Force, the company designed the Frazer-Nash produced hydraulic gun turret, that was to be widely used in World War 2.

In 1935, having raced at Brooklands, Godfrey formed HRG Engineering Ltd with Major Ted Halford and Guy Herbert Robins, who was previously with Trojan. HRG was based in Norbiton, with the first prototype shown at the end of 1935. Fully established in 1936, the company produced cars until 1956, and the reverted to development engineering work for others, before ceasing trading in 1966.

Godfrey died in 1968.

References

The Chain-Drive Frazer Nash by David A. Thirlby, MacDonald & Co. Ltd, 1965 ISBN x-xxxxx-xxx-x
Frazer Nash by David A. Thirlby, The Haynes Publishing Group, 1977 ISBN 0-85429-183-0
From Chain-Drive to Turbocharger: The A.F.N. Story by Denis Jenkinson, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984 ISBN 0-85059-631-9

^ "GN Car Compant". British Motor Manufacturers. Retrieved 2010-01-07.

External links

Official website of the Frazer Nash Car Club

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[1] "GN Car Compant". British Motor Manufacturers. Retrieved 2010-01-07.

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 '''Henry Ronald Godfrey''' (1887 - 1968), was an early [[English people|English]] motor car design engineer.
-Born near [[London]], he met [[Archibald Fraser Nash]] at technical college, to produce the [[GN (car)|GN]] [[cycle car]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britishmm.co.uk/history.asp?id=398|title=GN Car Compant|publisher=British Motor Manufacturers|accessdate=2010-01-07}}</ref> A light-weight two-cylinder car first sold in 1911, it stayed in production through 1922.
+Born near [[London]], he met [[Archibald Frazer-Nash]] at technical college, to produce the [[GN (car)|GN]] [[cycle car]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britishmm.co.uk/history.asp?id=398|title=GN Car Compant|publisher=British Motor Manufacturers|accessdate=2010-01-07}}</ref> A light-weight two-cylinder car first sold in 1911, it stayed in production through 1922.
-After Archie left the company in 1922 to form [[Fraser-Nash]], Godfrey also left to form repair business HR Godfrey Motors, which supplied GN spares and offered rebuilds. This enterprise formed the basis of his partnership with [[Stuart Proctor]], with whom he formed [[Godfrey and Proctor]]. Continuing the servicing of GN's, they produced their own car based on the [[Austin Seven]]. However, the venture proved unsuccessful, with only about 10 cars produced by the time the company ceased trading in 1928.
+After Archie left the company in 1922 to form [[Frazer-Nash]], Godfrey also left to form repair business HR Godfrey Motors, which supplied GN spares and offered rebuilds. This enterprise formed the basis of his partnership with [[Stuart Proctor]], with whom he formed [[Godfrey and Proctor]]. Continuing the servicing of GN's, they produced their own car based on the [[Austin Seven]]. However, the venture proved unsuccessful, with only about 10 cars produced by the time the company ceased trading in 1928.
-In 1929, Godfrey formed a new partnership with Archie to form [[Nash and Thompson]] in [[Kingston-upon-Thames]]. Involved in engineering work for the [[Admiralty]] and the [[Royal Air Force]], the company designed the [[Frazer-Nash]] produced [[hydraulic]] [[gun turret]], that was to be widely used in [[World War 2]].
+In 1929, Godfrey formed a new partnership with Archie to form [[Nash and Thompson]] in [[Kingston-upon-Thames]]. Involved in engineering work for the [[Admiralty]] and the [[Royal Air Force]], the company designed the Frazer-Nash produced [[hydraulic]] [[gun turret]], that was to be widely used in [[World War 2]].
 In 1935, having raced at [[Brooklands]], Godfrey formed [[HRG Engineering Ltd]] with [[Major]] [[Ted Halford]] and [[Guy Herbert Robins]], who was previously with [[Trojan]]. HRG was based in [[Norbiton]], with the first prototype shown at the end of 1935. Fully established in 1936, the company produced cars until 1956, and the reverted to development engineering work for others, before ceasing trading in 1966.