Derrick) arranged for Granada Television to take over Hart-Davis's loss-making publishing firm and Hart-Davis "wasn't surprised when he became a leading trouble-shooter for the government". After hearing details of the firm's finances for ten or fifteen minutes Goodman dictated everything back to his secretary: "the most amazing feat of mental agility I've ever seen or heard of". In 1977, Goodman founded the Motability scheme for disabled motorists. Later in his career, Lord Goodman was Master of University College, Oxford, succeeding Lord Redcliffe-Maud in 1976. He retired from the post in 1986 and died from pneumonia on 12 May 1995. Arnold Goodman was created a life peer as Baron Goodman, of the City of Westminster in 1965 and sat as a Crossbencher. He was made a Companion of Honour in 1972. Criticisms After Goodman's death one of his wealthy clients, Lord Portman alleged that Goodman stole funds worth £10 million from his family's trust over a 30-year period and made donations to the Labour Party. Portman commenced legal proceedings for recovery but the claim was never substantiated, and the research of Goodman's biographer concluded that it had no substance. Goodman was often portrayed by Private Eye as a sinister "power behind the throne" exerting huge influence on the British establishment. Private Eye often referred to him as Lord "Two Dinners" Goodman, a reference to his girth. According to a documentary made by Richard Bond for Channel 4, The Gangster and the Pervert Peer, screened on 16 February 2009, Goodman, who never married, was one of the chief parties responsible for suppressing investigations by journalists which exposed how Lord Boothby and others were responsible for protecting the Krays from justice. Official MI5 records declassified on 22 October 2015 revealed that the association between the bisexual Boothby and the Kray twins had been the subject of an MI5 investigation in 1964. Arms Publications Not For the Record selected speeches and writings (1972). Offices held References Sources The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (includes photograph) Goodman's obituary in the Galton Institute Criticism of Goodman Goodman's obituary in The New York Times Goodman allegations, The Guardian Goodman commentary, Times Higher Education External links Lord Goodman – The Daily Telegraph obituary Biography of Goodman by Brian Brivati Goodman Derrick LLP Parliamentary Archives, Papers of Baron Goodman 1913 births 1995 deaths Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge Alumni of University College London People educated at Hackney Downs School