GOSCHEN, GEORGE JOACHIM lst VISCOUNT GOSCHEN, 1831-1907
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Born 1831 · died 1907
George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, 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.
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A few papers of Goschen (which were originally part of the Balfour papers), including correspondence with A. J. Balfour and some letters on Oxford University matters.
Bodleian, MS. Dep. c182-c183.
A register of Goschen's letters as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1895-1900.
Bodleian, MS. Eng. Hist. c386.
Letters to and from Goschen on financial questions, 18871897, with one or two other papers.
Welby collection, British Library of Political and Economic Science (BLPES)
Correspondents
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, 1st Earl of Balfour, many letters, 1887-1906. BL Add. MS. 49706.
JOHN EDWARD COURTENAY BODLEY, five letters, 1884-1886. Bodleian, MS. Eng. Lett. d174.
HENRY BROADHURST, three letters, 1890-1893. Broadhurst collection, BLPES
EDWARD CARDWELL, correspondence and memoranda, 1869-1874.
Cardwell papers, Public Record Office (PRO)
EDWIN CHADWICK, 11 letters, n.d. Chadwick papers, University College London (UCL)
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, 23 items, 1886-1899. Chamberlain papers, Birmingham UL
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, 14 items, 1886-1893. Churchill papers, Churchill College, Cambridge.
SIR RICHARD ASSHETON CROSS, 27 letters, 1882-1901. BL Add. MS. 51267.
SIR CHARLES DILKE, about 15 items, 1878-1906. BL Add. MSS. 43910-43919.
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, many letters, 1865-1896. BL Add. MS. 44161.
ALBERT HENRY GEORGE GREY, 4th Earl Grey, about 30 letters, n.d.
Grey of Howick papers, Durham D. P.
FREDERIC HARRISON, five letters, 1863-1869. Harrison papers, BLPES
THOMAS HUGHES, two letters, 1886.
Bodleian, MS. Eng. Lett. e94.
GRANVILLE GEORGE LEVESON-GOWER, 2nd Earl Granville, several letters, 1868-1874.
Granville papers, PRO
GEORGE MELLY, eight letters, 1867-1873. Melly correspondence, Liverpool RO
FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER, three letters, 1887-1896. Bodleian, MS. Dep. d170.
SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, eight letters, 1876-1885. BL Add. MS. 50021.
SIR ROBERT HARRY INGLIS PALGRAVE, 14 letters, 1873-1886. Palgrave papers. 9
CHARLES HENRY PEARSON, 16 letters, 1860-1893. Bodleian, MS. Eng. Lett. d188.
GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 2nd Earl of Ripon, ten letters, 1866-1888. BL Add. MS. 43532.
GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4th Earl of Clarendon, a few letters, 1868-1870.
Bodleian, MS. Clar. Dep. c500.
SIR EDGAR VINCENT, Viscount D'Abernon, 36 letters, 1881 1900. BL Add. MS. 48922.
REGINALD EARLE WELBY, 1 St Baron Welby, several letters, 1888 – 1891.
BL Eg. MSS. 3291 B and D.
CHARLES WOOD, 1st Viscount Halifax, ten letters, 1871-1884. Hickleton papers, National Register of Archives (NRA) 8128.
Printed Material
PERCY COLSON, Lord Goschen and his Friends ( London, 1946).
ARTHUR RALPH DOUGLAS ELLIOTT, Life of Lord Goschen, 2 vols. ( London, 1911).
New Palgrave; ODNB; ESS VI 705.
Portraits: NPG(A); see Colson (above).