Viscount Goschen
| Viscountcy Goschen | |
|---|---|
  Argent, a heart gules, flamant and transfixed by an arrow bendwise, point upwards proper, two anchors erect in chief sable | |
| Creation date | 18 December 1900[1] |
| Created by | Queen Victoria |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | George Goschen |
| Present holder | Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen[1] |
| Heir apparent | Hon. Alexander Goschen |
| Remainder to | Heirs male of the first viscount's body lawfully begotten[2] |
| Seat(s) | Hilton House, Berkshire |
| Motto | Pacem ("For Peace")[1] |
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.
History
The Goschen family descended from prominent publisher and printer
Wilhelm's eldest son
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
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[update], 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 Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (1831–1907)
- George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen (1866–1952), son of the first Viscount
- John Alexander Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen (1906–1977), nephew of the second Viscount
- Giles John Harry Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen (born 1965), son of the third Viscount
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Alexander John Edward Goschen (born 2001).
Title succession chart
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See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ a b "No. 27257". The London Gazette. 18 December 1900. p. 8538.
- ISBN 9780521202107. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Goschen Publishers and Printer". Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. John W. Parker and Son: 201. 1903. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ISBN 9781576070437. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
External links
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