Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet
DL (born 1 June 1937) is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army. He was also an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II
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Gooch is descended from Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, Royal Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749, for whom Goochland County, Virginia is named.[1]
The son of Colonel
In 1963, he married Sarah Diana Rowena Perceval
On 14 March 1989, Gooch was appointed as
When his cousin Major Sir Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch MBE, 13th Baronet, late the Life Guards, died on 9 April 2008, Gooch inherited the baronetcy. His heir presumptive is a nephew Robert Brian Sherlock Gooch, born 1976 the son of his brother, Thomas Sherlock Heywood Gooch, who died on 11 August 2020 at age 76[2]
He is a member of the Army and Navy Club and lives at Chitterne, Wiltshire.[2]
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References
- ^ a b Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David, (eds) Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 edition)
- ^ a b c d e 'Gooch, Brig. Sir Arthur (Brian Sherlock Heywood)' in Who's Who (UK) for 2008 (online edition)
- ^ "High Sheriff - Wiltshire". High Sheriffs Association.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 51713 of 24 April 1989 (Supplement), p. 4916
- ^ London Gazette, Friday, 19 November 1999, Deputy Lieutenant Commissions at gazettes-online.co.uk
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.