John Alexander Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen KBE (7 July 1906 – 22 March 1977), was a British Conservative politician.
The Viscount Goschen | |
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 Arms of the Viscounts Goschen | |
| Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard | |
| In office 24 June 1970 – 20 November 1971 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bowles |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Denham |
| In office 6 September 1962 – 28 December 1964 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Alec Douglas-Home Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Lord Newton |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Bowles |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 24 July 1952 – 22 March 1977 as a hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Viscount Goschen |
| Succeeded by | The 4th Viscount Goschen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Alexander Goschen 7 July 1906 |
| Died | 22 March 1977 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
Goschen was the second 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 Jervis, daughter of Colonel the Hon. St Leger Henry Jervis and granddaughter of the third Viscount St Vincent, in 1934. They were divorced in 1943. He married secondly Alvin England, 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.
References
edit- ^ "Goschen, 3rd Viscount". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "No. 36668". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 August 1944. p. 3918.
- ^ "No. 45678". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1972. p. 6262.