Nicholas Goodison

Sir Nicholas Proctor Goodison (born 16 May 1934) is a British businessman who was chairman of the London Stock Exchange from 1976–1986. He is an important supporter of the arts and the President of the Furniture History Society (FHS).[2]

Nicholas P. Goodison
Dame Fiona Woolf, Lord Mayor of London 2013-14, in conversation with Sir Nicholas Goodison at FHS 50th Anniversary Reception at Mansion House, 5 June 2014.
Born (1934-05-16) 16 May 1934[1]
Watford, Hertfordshire
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
OccupationBusinessman
Known forPrevious Chairman of the London Stock Exchange

Goodison was born in Watford, the son of Edmund Harold Goodison and Eileen Mary Carrington Proctor. He was educated at Marlborough College and then King's College, Cambridge.[3]

He served as chairman of the Courtauld Institute of Art from 1982 to 2002 and of the National Art Collections Fund (now The Art Fund) from 1986 to 2002.[4]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 1 March 1987.[5]

His portrait in oil, by Tom Phillips, is in the Stock Exchange's collection.[4] A preparatory sketch made in oil on panel in 2006 was acquired from the artist by the Art Fund and is in the Courtauld Gallery.[6]

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1585. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. Society, Furniture History. "Furniture History Society". Furniture History Society. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. "Nicholas Proctor Goodison". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. Phillips, Tom. "Tom Phillips : Nicholas Goodison". Tom Phillips. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Sir Nicholas Goodison". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  6. "Portrait of Sir Nicholas Goodison by Tom Phillips". Art Fund. Retrieved 18 August 2014.


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