Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet (1709–1774), also known as Sir Harry Gough, of
Early life
Gough was the son of
Career
Gough was returned as Member of Parliament for Totnes on the government interest at a by-election on 25 January 1732. He supported the Government and voted for the excise bill. At the 1734 British general election he returned himself as MP for Bramber with his cousin Harry Gough. He continued to vote with the Government and retired at the 1741 British general election.[2]
Gough's first wife Catherine died on 22 June 1740 and he married, as his second wife, Barbara Calthorpe (c. 1716 – 1782), on 2 July 1741. She was the heiress of
Death and legacy
Gough died on 8 June 1774 leaving six children by his second wife.[3] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Henry, who became Henry Gough-Calthorpe upon his inheritance of his maternal uncle's lands in 1788 and was created 1st Baron Calthorpe in 1796.[1]
Gough also had two daughters, Barbara and Charlotte Gough, also known as Gough-Calthorpe. The former (c. 1745 – 1826) married in 1770
See also
References
- ^ a b c Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1906), Complete Baronetage volume 5 (1707–1800), vol. 5, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 89, retrieved 6 February 2019
- ^ a b "GOUGH, Sir Henry, 1st Bt. (1709–74), of Edgbaston, Warws". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Female-line family tree | Richard III: Discovery and identification | University of Leicester".