Gooch Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Gooch, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Gooch Baronetcy, of Benacre Hall in the County of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 4 November 1746 for William Gooch
William Gooch
Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet , born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, and died in London, served as Governor of Virginia from 1727 through 1749...

, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. The second Baronet was Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Bristol
The Bishop of Bristol heads the Church of England Diocese of Bristol in the Province of Canterbury, in England.The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire...

, Norwich
Bishop of Norwich
The Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers most of the County of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The see is in the City of Norwich where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided...

 and Ely
Bishop of Ely
The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the...

. He married Mary Sherlock, daughter of William Sherlock
William Sherlock
Not to be confused with William Sherlock William Sherlock was an English church leader.-Life:He was born at Southwark, and was educated at St. Saviour's School and Eton, and then at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1669 he became rector of St George's, Botolph Lane, London, and in 1681 he was appointed a...

, Dean of St. Paul. Since then, the Sherlock surname has been used by most succeeding generations as a middle name. The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Suffolk
High Sheriff of Suffolk
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Suffolk. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings...

 in 1785. The fifth Baronet represented the Suffolk county constituency
Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
Suffolk was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832, when it was split into two divisions.-Boundaries and franchise:...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 from 1806 to 1830. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Suffolk East between 1846 and 1856. The eleventh Baronet was a Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

 in the Army.

The Gooch Baronetcy, of Clewer Park in the County of Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 November 1866 for the mechanical engineer, businessman and Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician Daniel Gooch
Daniel Gooch
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet was an English railway and transatlantic cable engineer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885...

. The baronetcy was conferred on him in recognition of his services to the successful submersion of the Atlantic Cables of 1865 and 1866.

Gooch Baronets, of Benacre Hall (1746)

  • Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (1681-1751)
  • Sir Thomas Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1675-1754)
  • Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet (c. 1721-1781)
  • Sir Thomas Gooch, 4th Baronet (1745-1826)
  • Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, 5th Baronet (1767-1851)
  • Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, 6th Baronet (1802-1856)
  • Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, 7th Baronet (1843-1872)
  • Sir Francis Robert Sherlock Lambert Gooch, 8th Baronet (1850-1881)
  • Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch, 9th Baronet (1851-1899)
  • Sir Thomas Vere Sherlock Gooch, 10th Baronet (1881-1946)
  • Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, 11th Baronet (1903-1978)
  • Sir (Richard) John Sherlock Gooch, 12th Baronet (1930-1999)
  • Sir Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch, 13th Baronet (1934-2008)
  • Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet
    Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet
    Brigadier Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet DL, is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army...

     (born 1937)

Gooch Baronets, of Clewer Park (1866)

  • Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (1816-1889)
  • Sir Henry Daniel Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1841-1897)
  • Sir Daniel Fulthorpe Gooch, 3rd Baronet (1869-1926)
  • Sir Robert Douglas Gooch, 4th Baronet (1905-1989)
  • Sir Trevor Sherlock Gooch, 5th Baronet (1915-2003)
  • Sir Miles Peter Gooch, 6th Baronet (b. 1963)
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