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Viscount Goschen

Viscount Goschen

Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom


Viscount Goschen, of Hawkhurst in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the politician George Goschen.

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History

The Goschen family descended from prominent publisher and printer Georg Joachim Göschen of Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.[3] His third son, Wilhelm Heinrich (William Henry) Göschen (1793–1866), came to England in 1814 and the next year co-founded the merchant banking firm "Frühling & Göschen", of Leipzig and London.[4][5]

Wilhelm's eldest son George joined the family firm before he entered politics.[1] He served variously as Member of Parliament, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, President of the Poor Law Board, Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was raised to the peerage in December 1900 by Queen Victoria.[2]

George's son, the second Viscount, sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Grinstead and served as Governor of Madras.[1] The second Viscount's only son, Lieutenant George Joachim Goschen (1893–1916), was killed during the First World War, dying of wounds received during the Siege of Kut. Upon the second Viscount's death in 1952, the title was inherited by his nephew John Goschen, the second son of his brother, Sir William Henry Goschen (1870–1943). Sir William's eldest son, Brig.-Gen. William Henry Goschen (1900–1944), was killed in action in Burma in the Second World War. The third Viscount served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative administrations of Harold Macmillan, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath.[1] As of 2017, the title is held by the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 1977. He held junior ministerial positions in the Conservative government of John Major and is now one of the 90 elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.

The diplomat Sir Edward Goschen, 1st Baronet, was the younger brother of the first Viscount.[1]

The family seat is Hilton House, near Crowthorne, Berkshire.

Viscounts Goschen (1900)

George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Alexander John Edward Goschen (born 2001).

Title succession chart

William Henry Goschen
1793–1866
Viscount GoschenGoschen baronetcy
of Beacon Lodge
George Goschen
1st Viscount Goschen

1831–1907
Henry Goschen
1837–1932
Sir Edward Goschen
1st Baronet

1847–1924
Goschen baronetcy
of Durrington House
George Goschen
2nd Viscount Goschen

1866–1952
Hon.
Sir William Goschen
1870–1943
Sir Harry Goschen
1st Baronet

1865–1945
Maj. Gen.
Arthur Goschen
1880–1975
Sir Edward Goschen
2nd Baronet

1876–1933
George Goschen
1887–1953
Baronetcy extinct
Hon.
George Goschen
1893–1916
Brig. Gen.
William Goschen
1900–1944
John Goschen
3rd Viscount Goschen

1906–1977
Sir Edward Goschen
3rd Baronet

1913–2001
Alexander Goschen
1915–1975
David Goschen
1931–1980
Giles Goschen
4th Viscount Goschen

born 1965
Sir Alexander Goschen
4th Baronet

born 1949
Sebastian Goschen
born 1959
Hon.
Alexander Goschen
born 2001

See also


References

  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1607–1608. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. "No. 27257". The London Gazette. 18 December 1900. p. 8538.
  3. Spinner, Thomas J. (1977). George Joachim Goschen: The Transformation of a Victorian Liberal. CUP Archive. p. 1. ISBN 9780521202107. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  4. "Goschen Publishers and Printer". Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. John W. Parker and Son: 201. 1903. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  5. Laybourn, Keith (2001). British Political Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 133. ISBN 9781576070437. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

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