Viscount Goschen
Viscount Goschen , of Hawkhurst in the County of Kent , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The Viscounts family home is Hilton House in Crowthorne in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire .
Award
The title was created on December 18, 1900 for the politician George Joachim Goschen . He was descended from the Saxon publisher Georg Joachim Göschen on his grandfather's side and was Chancellor of the Exchequer in various governments from 1887 to 1892 and First Lord of the Admiralty from 1871 to 1874 and 1895 to 1900 during his long political career .
Today's title holder is his grandson Giles Goschen as the 4th Viscount.
List of Viscounts Goschen (1900)
- George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (1831–1907)
- George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen (1866–1952)
- John Alexander Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen (1906–1977)
- Giles John Harry Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen (* 1965)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Hon. Alexander Goshen (* 2001).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The London Gazette : No. 27257, p. 8538 , December 18, 1900.
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page