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. Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007.
  2. "No. 31183". The London Gazette. 14 February 1919. p. 2375.
  3. The Times, 30 September 1967, page #
  4. House of Lords Hansard, 31 May 1949 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1949/may/31/reading-clerk-and-clerk-of-outdoor
  5. House of Lords Hansard, 27 October 1953 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1953/oct/27/clerk-assistant-of-the-parliaments
  6. "No. 41596". The London Gazette. 2 January 1959. p. 75.
  7. "No. 43030". The London Gazette. 18 June 1963. p. 5181.
  8. House of Lords Hansard, 30 May 1963 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1963/may/30/resignation-of-clerk-of-the-parliaments
  9. House of Lords Hansard, 17 June 1963 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1963/jun/17/the-clerk-of-the-parliaments
  10. "No. 37412". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 278.
  11. "No. 39243". The London Gazette. 1 June 1951. p. 3064.
  12. "No. 41727". The London Gazette. 5 June 1959. p. 3699.
  13. "Lady Goodman". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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