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John Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen

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British peer, soldier and politician (1906–1977)

The Right HonourableThe Viscount GoschenKBE
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
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byThe Lord Bowles
Succeeded byThe Lord Denham
In office
6 September 1962 – 28 December 1964
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterAlec Douglas-Home
Harold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Lord Newton
Succeeded byThe Lord Bowles
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
24 July 1952 – 22 March 1977
as a hereditary peer
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Goschen
Succeeded byThe 4th Viscount Goschen
Personal details
BornJohn Alexander Goschen
(1906-07-07)7 July 1906
Died22 March 1977(1977-03-22) (aged 70)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

John Alexander Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen KBE (7 July 1906 – 22 March 1977), was a British Conservative politician.

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. 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. 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.

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

  1. "Goschen, 3rd Viscount". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. "No. 36668". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 August 1944. p. 3918.
  3. "No. 45678". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1972. p. 6262.
Political offices
Preceded byThe Lord Newton Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1962–1964 		Succeeded byThe Lord Bowles
Preceded byThe Lord Bowles Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1970–1971 		Succeeded byThe Lord Denham
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byGeorge Goschen Viscount Goschen
1952–1977
Member of the House of Lords
(1952–1977) 		Succeeded byGiles Goschen
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