George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen

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
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
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	(1831-08-10)10 August 1831 London, England
Died	7 February 1907(1907-02-07) (aged 75) London, England
Political party	Liberal Liberal Unionist Conservative
Education	Rugby School
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford

George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen PC DL FBA (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.