the goddard-robertson scandal was revealed by a series of articles in the "financial news" beginning on 25 october 1886. the board itself undertook an incompetent investigation under the chairmanship of magheramorne, which found robertson was "injudicious in allowing relatives to become tenants of the board without informing the board" but could not find anything worthy "of more severe censure". anti-board campaigners were not pleased and kept up the pressure. on the motion of lord randolph churchill (who represented paddington south where anti-board feeling was at its highest), the house of commons voted on 16 february 1888 to establish a royal commission to inquire into the board.