Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen

Giles John Harry Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen (born 16 November 1965^[1]), is a British Conservative politician.

Prime MinisterJohn Major

Preceded byThe Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish

Succeeded byGavin Strang (as minister of state)

Prime MinisterJohn Major

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The Right Honourable The Viscount Goschen
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
Hereditary peerage 15 July 1988 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 3rd Viscount Goschen
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Elected Hereditary Peer 11 November 1999 – 29 April 2026
Election	1999
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-16) 16 November 1965 (age 60)
Party	Conservative

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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,^[2] and Eton. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1977 at the age of eleven.^[2] 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.^[3]

Goschen served under John Major as a Lord-in-waiting from 1992 to 1994 and as Under Secretary of State for Transport from 1994^[4] to 1997.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[5] In May 2026, he was given one of 26 new life peerages, keeping him in the House of Lords after the coming into force of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026.^[6]

In 2010, he lived in Sussex with his wife and three children.^[2]

Coat of arms of Goschen family

Coronet A coronet of a Viscount Crest On an Arrow fesswise a Dove wings endorsed all proper Escutcheon Argent a Heart fired and transfixed with an Arrow bendwise and point upwards Gules in chief two Anchors erect Sable Supporters Dexter: A Sailor; Sinister: a Private of the Royal Marines, both proper; each holding in the exterior hand a Flagstaff of the last therefrom flowing a Banner Argent charged with a Pale Gules thereon an Anchor cabled and erect Or Motto Pacem ("For peace")