Philip Goodhart

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Sir Philip Carter Goodhart (born 3 November 1925) is a British Conservative politician, the son of Arthur Lehman Goodhart.

Goodhart contested Consett in 1950 whilst still a student at Cambridge University. He was elected Member of Parliament for Beckenham at the 1957 by-election, and served until his retirement in 1992. He was a junior Northern Ireland minister (1979-1981) and a junior Defence minister (1981).

[edit] References

  • The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1987
  • This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
  • Flade, Ronald. The Lehmans: From Rimpar to the New World : A Family History, 2nd Enlarged Ed., 1999


Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
Member of Parliament for Beckenham
1957–1992
Succeeded by
Piers Merchant