Victor Goodman

Sir Victor Martin Reeves Goodman KCB OBE MC (14 February 1899 – 29 September 1967) was a British public servant and Clerk of the Parliaments from 1959 to 1963.[1]

He was educated at Eton College.[1] He served in the First World War with the Coldstream Guards, and was awarded the Military Cross in 1919.[2]

In 1920 he became a Clerk in the House of Lords.[1] He became Judicial Taxing Officer in 1934,[3] Principal Clerk of the Judicial Office in 1946,[1] Reading Clerk in 1949,[4] and Clerk Assistant in 1953.[5] He was appointed Clerk of the Parliaments in 1959[6] and retired in 1963.[7][8][9]

From 1941 to 1945 he was Chief ARP and Security Officer of the Palace of Westminster.[1][3]

From 1949 to 1963 he was a trustee of the British Museum. From 1963 until his death he was a trustee of the Natural History Museum.[1][3]

He was appointed OBE in 1946,[10] CB in 1951,[11] and KCB in 1959.[12]

Personal Life

In 1928 he married Julian Morrell, daughter of Lady Ottoline Morrell; they had two sons and a daughter.[3] The marriage was dissolved in 1946, and in 1948 he married Anstice Crawley.[3] She died in 2001.[13]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31183. p. 2375. 14 February 1919.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 The Times, 30 September 1967, page #
  4. ↑ House of Lords Hansard, 31 May 1949 http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1949/may/31/reading-clerk-and-clerk-of-outdoor
  5. ↑ House of Lords Hansard, 27 October 1953 http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1953/oct/27/clerk-assistant-of-the-parliaments
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41596. p. 75. 2 January 1959.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43030. p. 5181. 18 June 1963.
  8. ↑ House of Lords Hansard, 30 May 1963 http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1963/may/30/resignation-of-clerk-of-the-parliaments
  9. ↑ House of Lords Hansard, 17 June 1963 http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1963/jun/17/the-clerk-of-the-parliaments
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 37412. p. 278. 28 December 1945.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39243. p. 3064. 1 June 1951.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41727. p. 3699. 5 June 1959.
  13. ↑ The Daily Telegraph, 30 January 2001 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1320183/Lady-Goodman.html
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