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George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (10 August 18317 February 1907) was a British statesman and businessman ironically best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was initially a Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist before joining the Conservative Party by the time of the 1895 General Election . August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Statesman is a respectful term used to refer to politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The Liberal Unionists were a British political party which split away from the Liberals in 1886, and had effectively merged with the Conservatives by the turn of the century, the formal merger being completed in 1912. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. ...


He was born in London the son of William Henry Goschen, a merchant of German extraction. He was educated at Rugby under Tait, and at Oriel College, Oxford, where he took a first in classics. He entered his father's firm of Fruhling & Goschen, of Austin Friars, in 1853, and three years later became a director of the Bank of England. In 1863 he was returned without opposition as one of the four MPs for the City of London in the Liberal interest, and he was reelected in 1865. In November of the same year he was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Paymaster-General, and in January 1866 he was made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the cabinet. When Gladstone became prime minister in December 1868, Goschen joined the cabinet as President of the Poor Law Board, until March 1871, when he succeeded Childers as First Lord of the Admiralty. In the 1874 general election he was the only Liberal returned for the City of London, and by a narrow majority. 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Caricature from Punch, 13 August 1881: "This is a Joke-'im picture of a Wise Man from the East, at present ascertaining which way the wind blows"

In 1878 his views on the county franchise question prevented him from voting uniformly with his party. With the City of London becoming more Conservative, Goschen did not stand there at the 1880 general election, but was instead returned for Ripon in Yorkshire, which he represented until 1885, when he was returned for the Eastern Division of Edinburgh. He declined to join Gladstone's government in 1880 and also refused the post of Viceroy of India, but he did become special ambassador to the Porte, where he settled the Montenegrin and Greek frontier questions in 1880 and 1881. He was made an Ecclesiastical Commissioner in 1882. When Sir Henry Brand was raised to the peerage in 1884, Goschen was offered the role of Speaker of the House of Commons, but he declined. During the parliament of 1880-1885 he frequently found himself at odds with his party, especially over franchise extension and questions of foreign policy. When Gladstone adopted Home Rule for Ireland, Goschen followed Lord Hartington (afterwards 8th Duke of Devonshire) and became one of the most active of the Liberal Unionists. He failed to retain his seat for Edinburgh at the election in July of that year. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x786, 41 KB)1881 caricature of G.H. Goschen: Scanned from Punch, 13 August 1881, p. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x786, 41 KB)1881 caricature of G.H. Goschen: Scanned from Punch, 13 August 1881, p. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 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On the resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill in December 1886, Goschen, though a Liberal Unionist, accepted Lord Salisbury's invitation to join his ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Churchill had assumed he could not be replaced, and so many people commented that he "forgot Goschen" was a potential alternative. Goschen needed a seat in Parliament and so first stood in a by-election in the Liverpool Exchange (UK Parliament constituency), but was defeated by seven votes in January 1887. He was then elected for the strongly Conservative St George's, Hanover Square, in February. His chancellorship was memorable for his successful conversion of the National Debt in 1888. Aberdeen University again conferred upon him the honour of the rectorship in 1888, and he received a similar honour from the University of Edinburgh in 1890. Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister on three occasions, for a total of over 13 years. ... The ministry refers to all government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) headed by a prime minister. ... The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Liverpool Exchange was a constituency within the city of Liverpool in England, centred around Liverpool Exchange railway station. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Westminster St Georges, originally named St Georges, Hanover Square, was a parliamentary constituency in Central London. ... Government debt (public debt, national debt) is money owed by government, at any level (central government, federal government, national government, municipal government, local government, regional government). ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582,[4] is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...


Following the defeat of Salisbury's government in 1892, Goschen moved into opposition. Though he had been a leading Liberal Unionist as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Goschen did not stand against Joseph Chamberlain for the leadership of the party in 1892 following the departure of Hartington to the House of Lords as the Duke of Devonshire. Unable to work with Chamberlain, Goschen left the Liberal Unionists and joined the Conservatives in 1893 - one obvious sign of his change of allegiance within the Unionist alliance was when he joined the Carlton Club in 1893. The Carlton Club is a gentlemens club in London. ...


From 1895 to 1900 Goschen was First Lord of the Admiralty. He retired in 1900, and was raised to the peerage as Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst, Kent. Though retired from active politics he continued to take a great interest in public affairs, and when Chamberlain started his tariff reform movement in 1903, Lord Goschen was one of the weightiest champions of free trade on the Unionist side. He died on 7 February 1907 and was succeeded by his son George Joachim (18661952), who was Conservative M.P. for East Grinstead from 1895 to 1900 and married a daughter of Lord Cranbrook. Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... The First Lord of the Admiralty was a British government position in charge of the Admiralty. ... For other uses, see Peerage (disambiguation). ... Viscount Goschen is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... The Rt. ... Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between nations, through methods such as high tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, a variety of restrictive government regulations designed to discourage imports, and anti-dumping laws in an attempt to protect domestic industries in a particular nation from foreign take-over... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen (15 October 1866 - 24 July 1952) was a British politician who served as Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... East Grinstead (archaically spelt Grimstead[1]) is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... The Rt Hon. ...


In educational subjects Goschen had always taken the greatest interest, his best known, but by no means his only, contribution to popular culture being his participation in the University Extension Movement. His first efforts in parliament were devoted to advocating the abolition of religious tests and the admission of Dissenters to the universities. His published works indicate how ably he combined the wise study of economics with a practical instinct for business-like progress, without neglecting the more ideal aspects of human life. In addition to his well-known work on The Theory of the Foreign Exchanges, he published several financial and political pamphlets and addresses on educational and social subjects, among them being that on Cultivation of the Imagination, Liverpool, 1877, and that on Intellectual Interest, Aberdeen, 1888. He also wrote The Life and Times of George Joachim Goschen, publisher and printer of Leipzig (1903). (H. CH.) Non conformism is the term of KKK ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...


He was President of the Royal Statistical Society, 1886-8. The Royal Statistical Society is a learned society for statistics and a professional body for statisticians in the UK. Founded in 1834 as the Statistical Society of London, it became the Royal Statistical Society in 1887. ...


Further reading

  • Thomas J. Spinner: George Joachim Goschen: the transformation of a Victorian liberal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973  ISBN 0-521-20210-8
  • Arthur D. Elliot: The life of George Joachim Goschen, First Viscount Goschen, 1831-1907. 2v. London: Longmans Green, 1911
Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–present)
Preceded by
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
Sir James Duke
Robert Wigram Crawford
Western Wood
Member of Parliament for City of London
2-seat constituency
(with Robert Wigram Crawford, to 1874
Sir James Duke, to 1865
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, to 1868
William Lawrence 1865–1874
Charles Bell, 1868–1869
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 1869–1874
William James Richmond Cotton, from 1874
Philip Twells, from 1874
John Gellibrand Hubbard, from 1874)

1863–1880
Succeeded by
John Gellibrand Hubbard
William James Richmond Cotton
William Lawrence
Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler
Preceded by
Frederick Oliver Robinson
Member of Parliament for Ripon
18801885
Succeeded by
William Harker
Preceded by
(new constituency)
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East
18851886
Succeeded by
Robert Wallace
Preceded by
Lord Algernon Malcolm Percy
Member of Parliament for St George, Hanover Square
1887–1900
Succeeded by
Heneage Legge
Political offices
Preceded by
Sir William Hutt
Paymaster-General
1865–1866
Succeeded by
William Monsell
Preceded by
The Earl of Clarendon
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1866
Succeeded by
The Earl of Devon
Preceded by
The Lord Randolph Churchill
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1887–1892
Succeeded by
Sir William Harcourt
Military offices
Preceded by
Hugh Childers
First Lord of the Admiralty
1871–1874
Succeeded by
George Ward Hunt
Preceded by
The Earl Spencer
First Lord of the Admiralty
1895–1900
Succeeded by
The Earl of Selborne
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New Title Viscount Goschen
1900–1907
Succeeded by
George Joachim Goschen

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