John Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen

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The Right Honourable
The Viscount Goschen
KBE
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office
1962–1964
Preceded by The Lord Newton
Succeeded by The Lord Bowles
In office
1970–1971
Preceded by The Lord Bowles
Succeeded by The Lord Denham
Personal details
Born John Alexander Goschen
(1906-07-07)7 July 1906
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Nationality British
Political party Conservative

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

Goschen was the 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, daughter of Colonel the Hon. St Leger Henry Jervis, in 1934. They were divorced in 1943. He married secondly Alvin, 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.

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Political offices
Preceded by Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1962–1964		 Succeeded by
The Lord Bowles
Preceded by Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1970–1971		 Succeeded by
The Lord Denham
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Goschen
1952–1977		 Succeeded by
Giles Goschen
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  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36668. p. 3918. 22 August 1944. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45678. p. 6262. 23 May 1972. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
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