Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen
Giles John Harry Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen (born 16 November 1965), is a British Conservative politician.
The Right Honourable The Viscount Goschen | |
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| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 20 July 1994 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | The Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Strang (as minister of state) |
| Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 22 April 1992 – 20 July 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | The Earl Howe |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Lucas of Crudwell |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 15 July 1988 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Viscount Goschen |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1965 |
| Political party | Conservative |
Goschen is the son of John Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen, by his second wife Alvin England. He was educated at Heatherdown School, near Ascot in Berkshire, and Eton. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1977 at the age of eleven. After a brief stint as a city stockbroker he spent time in Zambia with his future wife Sarah Horsnail to work for a conservation agency, but returned to Britain.
Goschen served under John Major as a Lord-in-waiting from 1992 to 1994 and as Under Secretary of State for Transport from 1994 to 1997. In 1999 he was among the Conservative hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, the youngest chosen by any party group.
In 2010, he lived in Sussex with his wife and three children.
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