Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen

Giles John Harry Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen (born 16 November 1965), is a British Conservative politician.


The Viscount Goschen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
In office
20 July 1994  2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish
Succeeded byGavin Strang (as minister of state)
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
22 April 1992  20 July 1994
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byThe Earl Howe
Succeeded byThe Lord Lucas of Crudwell
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
15 July 1988
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byThe 3rd Viscount Goschen
Personal details
Born (1965-11-16) 16 November 1965
Political partyConservative

Goschen is the son of John Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen, by his second wife Alvin England. He was educated at Heatherdown School, near Ascot in Berkshire, and Eton. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1977 at the age of eleven. Goschen served under John Major as a Lord-in-waiting from 1992 to 1994 and as Under-Secretary of State for Transport from 1994 to 1997. In 1999 he was among the Conservative hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, the youngest chosen by any party group.

Title and styles

  • The Honourable Giles John Harry Goschen (16 November 1965 – 22 March 1977)
  • The Right Honourable The Viscount Goschen (22 March 1977 – present)

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Goschen family
Coronet
A coronet of a Viscount
Crest
On an Arrow fesswise a Dove wings endorsed all proper
Escutcheon
Argent a Heart fired and transfixed with an Arrow bendwise and point upwards Gules in chief two Anchors erect Sable
Supporters
Dexter: A Sailor; Sinister: a Private of the Royal Marines, both proper; each holding in the exterior hand a Flagstaff of the last therefrom flowing a Banner Argent charged with a Pale Gules thereon an Anchor cabled and erect Or
Motto
Pacem ("For peace")

References

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Steven Norris
    Robert Key
    The Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish
    Under-Secretary of State for Transport
    with Steven Norris 1994–1996
    John Bowis 1996–1997

    19941997
    Succeeded by
    ?
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    John Goschen
    Viscount Goschen
    1977–present
    Incumbent
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