Life

Gooch was born to Thomas Gooch of Yarmouth

Yarmouth

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, and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

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, which he entered in 1691. He graduated B.A. in 1694, and M.A. in 1698. He became chaplain to Henry Compton, Bishop of London

Bishop of London

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, and preached at his funeral in 1713. Subsequently he was chaplain to Queen Anne

Anne of Great Britain

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, and rector of St Clement Eastcheap

St Clement Eastcheap

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 and St Martin Orgar

St Martin Orgar

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. He was archdeacon of Essex from 1714 to 1737.

Gooch was Master of Gonville and Caius from 1716. He became successivedly Bishop of Bristol

Bishop of Bristol

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 in 1737, Bishop of Norwich

Bishop of Norwich

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 in 1738, and Bishop of Ely

Bishop of Ely

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 in 1747. In 1751 he inherited the title of baronet from his brother Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet.

Gooch's first wife was Mary Sherlock, daughter of William Sherlock

William Sherlock

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. They had a son, Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet of Benacre. He married twice more. He died at Ely Palace, and was buried in the chapel at Gonville and Caius, where there a monument to him on the south wall.