John Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen
The Viscount Goschen | |
|---|---|
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | |
| In office 1962–1964 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Newton |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Bowles |
| In office 1970–1971 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bowles |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Denham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Alexander Goschen 7 July 1906 |
| Died | 22 March 1977 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
John Alexander Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen KBE (7 July 1906 – 22 March 1977), was a British Conservative politician.
Goschen was the son of the Hon. Sir William Henry Goschen, second son of George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, and was educated at Eton College and Sandhurst.[1] He was a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards and served with the British Military Mission to Greece from 1945 to 1947. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his military service in 1944.[2] He succeeded his uncle to the viscountcy in 1952 and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. He served under Harold Macmillan, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) from 1962 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1971. In 1972 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his political and public service.[3]
Lord Goschen married firstly Hilda Violet Ursula, daughter of Colonel the Hon. St Leger Henry Jervis, in 1934. They were divorced in 1943. He married secondly Alvin, daughter of H. England, in 1955. They had one son and one daughter. Lord Goschen died in March 1977, aged 70, and was succeeded by his only son Giles.
Footnotes
- ^ "Goschen, 3rd Viscount". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "No. 36668". The London Gazette (invalid
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References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]