George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen
George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (born August 10, 1831 in London ; † February 7, 1907 there ; also Georg Joachim Göschen ) was a British politician and businessman.
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George Joachim Goschen was the son of the German businessman Wilhelm Heinrich Göschen (William Henry Goschen; 1793–1866), brother of Edward Goschen and grandson of the Saxon publisher Georg Joachim Göschen . Goschen attended rugby school in rugby under Tait and Oriel College at the University of Oxford .
In 1851 he joined his father's company “Fruhling & Goschen” in Austin Friars, London. In 1853 he became a director at the Bank of England . In 1863 and 1865 he was posted to the House of Commons to represent the City of London . In the same year he became Deputy Minister of Commerce and Paymaster General (Minister of State in the Treasury), in 1866 he took over the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , becoming a member of the government with the rank of Cabinet Minister.
In 1868 Gladstone appointed him chairman of the Poor Law Board. His sister Marion (1845–1877) married Georg von Metzsch-Reichenbach, who later became Prime Minister of Saxony, in 1869 .
As a Liberal, he served from 1871 to 1874 as First Lord of the Admiralty (Minister of the Navy) under Gladstone. From 1874 to 1880 he was governor of the Hudson's Bay Company . In 1880 he suggested a new entry into the Gladstone government as well as the post of Viceroy of India , but became ambassador to the Ottoman Empire .
As a member of the Liberal Unionists, he held the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Salisbury government from 1887 to 1892, succeeding the resigned Lord Randolph Churchill . From 1895 to 1900 he acted again as Minister of the Navy, now as a member of the Conservative Party .
In the field of education, Goschen made a name for himself by helping to abolish religious exams for all students and to increase the number of British universities. For this he received various honors from British universities. He was also a strong advocate of free trade .
From 1886 to 1888 he was President of the Royal Statistical Society. In 1900 he was raised as a Viscount Goschen to a peer and in 1905 elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy . He had been a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1872 . He died in early 1907.
literature
- Goschen, George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 12 : Gichtel - harmonium . London 1910, p. 263 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Little Encyclopedia . Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich 1950, Volume 1, p. 635
- ^ Helmut Hiller: Göschen, Georg Joachim. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , pp. 541-543 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 2, 2020 .
- ^ Entry on George Joachim Goschen in the archive of the Royal Society , London
- ^ Vienna, February 7th. Lord Goschen .. In: Neue Freie Presse , February 8, 1907, p. 1 (online at ANNO ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Viscount Goschen 1900-1907 |
George Goschen |
| John Spencer |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1895–1900 |
William Palmer |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goschen, George, 1st Viscount Goschen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goschen, George Joachim; Göschen, Georg Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Member of the House of Commons and businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1907 |
| Place of death | London , England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |