GOODISON, Sir Nicholas Proctor 1934-2021
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Richard R
Jul 14, 2021, 1:37:57 AM7/14/21
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From the Telegraph of 14 July 2021: Sir Nicholas, on July 6th. Sorely missed by Judith, Katharine and Nick, Adam, Anna and Théa, and Rachel, Tom, Hal and Beth. Private funeral. A Thanksgiving to be arranged later.
He was s of Edmund Harold GOODISON c1904-d 1977 Dordonge, of Radlett, Hertfordshire and Eileen Mary Carrington PROCTOR 1898-1975. He m 1960 Judith Nicola b 1939 d of Robert Eustace ABEL SMITH 1909-ka1940 (3x gt gs of Abel SMITH the banker of Notts d 1788 and thus cousin to a vast network of the latter's descendants incl The QUEEN & FORTUNE Duchess of GRAFTON etc) and Mary Sidney 1910-90 d Lt-Gen Sir George Sidney CLIVE GCVO KCB CMG DSO 1874-1959 sometime head of that gentry family of Perrystone and Madeline Lawrence BUXTON 1875-1957 (gd of Sir Edward North BUXTON 2nd Bt 1812-58 and gd of 1st Baron LAWRENCE 1811-79 etc), and had a son and two daus.
He was s of Edmund Harold GOODISON c1904-d 1977 Dordonge, of Radlett, Hertfordshire and Eileen Mary Carrington PROCTOR 1898-1975. He m 1960 Judith Nicola b 1939 d of Robert Eustace ABEL SMITH 1909-ka1940 (3x gt gs of Abel SMITH the banker of Notts d 1788 and thus cousin to a vast network of the latter's descendants incl The QUEEN & FORTUNE Duchess of GRAFTON etc) and Mary Sidney 1910-90 d Lt-Gen Sir George Sidney CLIVE GCVO KCB CMG DSO 1874-1959 sometime head of that gentry family of Perrystone and Madeline Lawrence BUXTON 1875-1957 (gd of Sir Edward North BUXTON 2nd Bt 1812-58 and gd of 1st Baron LAWRENCE 1811-79 etc), and had a son and two daus.
Richard R
Jul 14, 2021, 1:47:43 AM7/14/21
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Obit in the Telegraph of 14 July 2021: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/07/13/sir-nicholas-goodison-magisterial-stock-exchange-chairman-oversaw/
Richard R
Jul 15, 2021, 5:45:02 AM7/15/21
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From the Times of 15 July 2021:
...Goodison, a willowy man with wide interests, was eccentric, even droll at times. He drank tea out of bone china cups and unsettled lunch hosts by choosing beer, not wine. Rarely ruffled, he had a calm, quiet manner, though his relationship with the media could be tetchy: when Michael Parkinson asked to interview him for Desert Island Discs in 1987 he agreed on the condition that the recording take place in his office.
...Goodison kept himself sane by leading something of a double life. A fastidious connoisseur of art and music in an earthy business milieu where such refinement was often mocked, he used his expertise in furniture, barometers and opera as weapons to put down the philistines he had to deal with day to day. “People always used to ask what an academic chap like me was doing dealing with money,” he said. “I always replied, ‘It’s not dealing with money, it’s dealing with people.’ When you are handling private accounts, you are like a family doctor.”
...Goodison, who was knighted by Thatcher in 1982 [...] recognised the need for change. After the 1983 general election he sent a handwritten letter to Cecil Parkinson, the trade secretary, who was already opposed to the court case. The deal was to call off the lawsuit in return for the stock exchange complying with the OFT’s demands: abolishing fixed commissions and admitting outside bodies — notably the world’s banks.
...Nicholas Proctor Goodison was born in Watford in 1934, the son of Edmund Goodison, a stockbroker, and Eileen Carrington (née Proctor). She claimed to be Nonconformist, though Nicholas insisted that she was “fairly straightforward C of E”. He recalled a “morally taut” upbringing that left him sceptical and unreligious, but with a pragmatic faith in the ethics of Christianity. He modestly described his affluent home life as “suburban Herts”.
...In 1958 he followed his father into the family stockbroking firm, founded by his grandfather as HE Goodison & Co, which later merged to become Quilter Goodison.
...In 1960 Goodison married Judith Abel Smith, an expert on the furniture of Thomas Chippendale whom he had met at Cambridge. She descended from a Lincolnshire banking family. Judith survives him with their son, Adam, a barrister, and two daughters: Katharine, who is a lawyer and hat designer, and Rachel, an artist.
...Goodison was appointed Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 1990 and belonged to the Athenaeum, Beefsteak and Brooks’s clubs. His enthusiasm for the 18th century was such that the Wallace Collection, London, could have been created with him in mind: he was a generous supporter, funding a lecture theatre which is named after him.
His obsessive tidiness used to infuriate some, including his wife, but he took a fatalistic view. “Anybody who wants the world to be perfect,” he said, “is fighting nature.”
Sir Nicholas Goodison, former chairman of the London Stock Exchange, was born on May 16, 1934. He died of undisclosed causes on July 6, 2021, aged 87
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-nicholas-goodison-obituary-pdxm6hgww
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Sir Nicholas Goodison obituary
Cerebral chairman of the London Stock Exchange who oversaw Big Bang and was a noted connoisseur of art, opera and 18th-century clocks...Goodison, a willowy man with wide interests, was eccentric, even droll at times. He drank tea out of bone china cups and unsettled lunch hosts by choosing beer, not wine. Rarely ruffled, he had a calm, quiet manner, though his relationship with the media could be tetchy: when Michael Parkinson asked to interview him for Desert Island Discs in 1987 he agreed on the condition that the recording take place in his office.
...Goodison kept himself sane by leading something of a double life. A fastidious connoisseur of art and music in an earthy business milieu where such refinement was often mocked, he used his expertise in furniture, barometers and opera as weapons to put down the philistines he had to deal with day to day. “People always used to ask what an academic chap like me was doing dealing with money,” he said. “I always replied, ‘It’s not dealing with money, it’s dealing with people.’ When you are handling private accounts, you are like a family doctor.”
...Goodison, who was knighted by Thatcher in 1982 [...] recognised the need for change. After the 1983 general election he sent a handwritten letter to Cecil Parkinson, the trade secretary, who was already opposed to the court case. The deal was to call off the lawsuit in return for the stock exchange complying with the OFT’s demands: abolishing fixed commissions and admitting outside bodies — notably the world’s banks.
...Nicholas Proctor Goodison was born in Watford in 1934, the son of Edmund Goodison, a stockbroker, and Eileen Carrington (née Proctor). She claimed to be Nonconformist, though Nicholas insisted that she was “fairly straightforward C of E”. He recalled a “morally taut” upbringing that left him sceptical and unreligious, but with a pragmatic faith in the ethics of Christianity. He modestly described his affluent home life as “suburban Herts”.
...In 1958 he followed his father into the family stockbroking firm, founded by his grandfather as HE Goodison & Co, which later merged to become Quilter Goodison.
...In 1960 Goodison married Judith Abel Smith, an expert on the furniture of Thomas Chippendale whom he had met at Cambridge. She descended from a Lincolnshire banking family. Judith survives him with their son, Adam, a barrister, and two daughters: Katharine, who is a lawyer and hat designer, and Rachel, an artist.
...Goodison was appointed Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 1990 and belonged to the Athenaeum, Beefsteak and Brooks’s clubs. His enthusiasm for the 18th century was such that the Wallace Collection, London, could have been created with him in mind: he was a generous supporter, funding a lecture theatre which is named after him.
His obsessive tidiness used to infuriate some, including his wife, but he took a fatalistic view. “Anybody who wants the world to be perfect,” he said, “is fighting nature.”
Sir Nicholas Goodison, former chairman of the London Stock Exchange, was born on May 16, 1934. He died of undisclosed causes on July 6, 2021, aged 87
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-nicholas-goodison-obituary-pdxm6hgww
Richard R
Sep 9, 2021, 6:15:31 AM9/9/21
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From the Times of 9 Sept 2021: Memorial Service - GOODISON Sir Nicholas, a Service of Thanksgiving will be held at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London ... at 11.15am on 27th September 2021. All welcome.
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