Papers of George Joachim Goschen

Scope and Content

The papers include:

  • a book of copies of telegrams to Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 1880-25 May 1881
  • letters of Goschen as Chancellor of Oxford, 1904-7
  • copy letters of Goschen to Queen Victoria, 1885-6
  • correspondence with A.J. Balfour, 1887-1895.

Administrative / Biographical History

George Joachim Goschen (1831-1907) was a British statesman; he was also chancellor of Oxford University from 1903.

See the Dictionary of National Biography for further biographical details.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Deposited in the Library in 1957.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Material

See also: Papers of George, Viscount Goschen (MSS. Eng. hist. c. 386, g. 17).