Giles John Harry Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen (born 16 November 1965), is a British

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politician. Goschen is the son of

John Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen John Alexander Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen (7 July 1906 – 22 March 1977), was a British Conservative politician. Goschen was the second son of the Hon. Sir William Henry Goschen, second son of George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, and was ...

, by his second wife Alvin England. He was educated at

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, near Ascot in

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, and

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. 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

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with his future wife Sarah Horsnail to work for a conservation agency, but returned to Britain. Goschen served under

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as a

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from 1992 to 1994 and as

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from 1994 to 1997. In 1999 he was among the Conservative hereditary peers elected to remain in the

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after the passing of the

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, the youngest chosen by any party group. In 2010, he lived in

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with his wife and three children.

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* 1965 births Living people British people of German descent People educated at Heatherdown School People educated at Eton College Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act Giles John Harry Goschen, 4th Viscount Giles {{UK-viscount-stub