George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen
From Our Conservative & Unionist Statesmen. Published in 6 parts by private subscription circa 1905. Photo by Elliot & Fry (Died 1903 & 1897). Info from wiki: On the resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill in December 1886, Goschen, though a Liberal Unionist, accepted Lord Salisbury's invitation to join his ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Churchill had assumed he could not be replaced, and famously commented that he had "forgotten Goschen" was a potential alternative.[1]:131 Goschen needed a seat in Parliament and so first stood in a by-election in the Liverpool Exchange constituency, but was defeated by seven votes in January 1887. He was then elected for the strongly Conservative St George's, Hanover Square, in February. His chancellorship was memorable for his successful conversion of the National Debt in 1888.[2] He also introduced the first UK road tax, implemented in the form of two vehicle duties, on locomotives and carts.
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