George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Goschen
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Goschen PC DL FBA
	George Goschen, 1883
First Lord of the Admiralty
	In office; 29 June 1895 – 12 November 1900
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Earl Spencer
Succeeded by	The Earl of Selborne
Chancellor of the Exchequer
	In office; 14 January 1887 – 11 August 1892
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	Lord Randolph Churchill
Succeeded by	Sir William Vernon Harcourt
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices; 1865–1874
First Lord of the Admiralty
	In office; 24 March 1871 – 17 February 1874
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Hugh Childers
Succeeded by	George Ward Hunt
President of the Poor Law Board
	In office; 3 December 1868 – 24 March 1871
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	The Earl of Devon
Succeeded by	James Stansfeld
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
	In office; 26 January 1866 – 26 June 1866
Prime Minister	The Earl Russell
Preceded by	The Earl of Clarendon
Succeeded by	Thomas Edward Taylor
Paymaster General; Vice-President of the Board of Trade
	In office; 29 November 1865 – 12 March 1866
Prime Minister	The Earl Russell
Preceded by	William Hutt
Succeeded by	William Monsell
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 18 December 1900 – 7 February 1907
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	2nd Viscount Goschen
Member of Parliament; for Westminster St George's
	In office; 9 February 1887 – 25 September 1900
Preceded by	Lord Algernon Percy
Succeeded by	Hon. Heneage Legge
Member of Parliament; for Edinburgh East
	In office; 18 December 1885 – 26 June 1886
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Robert Wallace
Member of Parliament; for Ripon
	In office; 27 April 1880 – 18 November 1885
Preceded by	Earl de Grey
Succeeded by	William Harker
Member of Parliament; for City of London
	In office; 2 June 1863 – 24 March 1880
Preceded by	Western Wood
Succeeded by	William Lawrence
Personal details
Born	10 August 1831; London, England
Died	7 February 1907 (aged 75); London, England
Political party	Liberal ; Liberal Unionist ; Conservative
Education	Rugby School
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford

George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (10 August 1831 – 7 February 1907), was a British statesman and businessman best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was initially a Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist before joining the Conservative Party in 1893.

While Chancellor of the Exchequer, in 1888, he introduced the Goschen formula to allocate funding for Scotland and Ireland.