William Godfrey Thomas Pope OBE (15 April 1880 – 15 May 1943) was a British citizen, who distinguished himself as an engineer and businessman in Portugal as General Manager of the Anglo-Portuguese Telephone Company.

In 1902 he returned to Portugal to work for the Anglo-Portuguese Telephone Company and, in 1904, married Eileen Hickie, who he had known for many years.

He returned to Europe with the outbreak of World War I and served in the Signals Division of the Royal Engineers in France, being awarded a Military Cross.

[1][3] After the War, Pope returned to Portugal in 1920 to become the general manager of The Anglo-Portuguese Telephone Company, which was responsible for communications in Lisbon and the neighbouring area.

However, he faced numerous problems, including the high rate of inflation and the decline of the Portuguese currency, when the company was purchasing much of its equipment from the United Kingdom.

Pope also maintained good relations with the Portuguese elite, being friendly with the tenth president of Portugal, Manuel Gomes da Costa, who was briefly in that position in 1926.