Viscount Gough, of Goojerat in the Punjab and of the city of Limerick, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1849 for the military commander Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough

Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough

Field Marshal Sir Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, KP, GCSI, KCB, PC , was an Irish British Army officer. He was said to have commanded in more general actions than any other British officer of the 19th century except the Duke of Wellington.- Early career :Born at Woodstown House, Co...

. He had already been created a Baronet, of Synone and Drangan, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 23 December 1842, and Baron Gough, of ChingKangFoo in China and of Maharajpore and the Sutlej in the East Indies, in 1849, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Gough later became a Field Marshal

Field Marshal

Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...

. As of 2009 the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1951.

The family seat is Keppoch House, near Dingwall

Dingwall

Dingwall is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,026. It was formerly an east-coast harbor but now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling. On the town's present-day outskirts lies Tulloch Castle, parts...

, Ross-shire

Ross-shire

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Viscounts Gough (1849)

• Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
  Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
  Field Marshal Sir Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, KP, GCSI, KCB, PC , was an Irish British Army officer. He was said to have commanded in more general actions than any other British officer of the 19th century except the Duke of Wellington.- Early career :Born at Woodstown House, Co...
  
   (1779–1869)
• George Stephens Gough, 2nd Viscount Gough
  George Gough, 2nd Viscount Gough
  George Stephens Gough, 2nd Viscount Gough. Born 18 January 1815. Died 31 May 1895.Married Sarah-Elizabeth Palliser 17/10/1841, she b? d 17/8/1841 3 June 1846 to Jane Arbuthnot b 22/10/1816 in Edinburgh d 3/2/1892, daughter of George Arbuthnot, 1st of Elderslie 1772-1843 &...
  
   (1815–1895)
• Hugh Gough, 3rd Viscount Gough
  Hugh Gough, 3rd Viscount Gough
  Hugh Gough, 3rd Viscount Gough, Bt, KCVO, DL. Born 27 August 1849. Died 14 October 1919. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford .Married, 5 October 1889, Lady Georgina Pakenham , elder daughter of 4th Earl of Longford, GCB.-External links:*...
  
   (1849–1919)
• Hugh William Gough, 4th Viscount Gough
  Hugh Gough, 4th Viscount Gough
  Hugh William Gough, 4th Viscount Gough, Bt, MC. Born 22 February 1892. Died 4 December 1952.Educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford...
  
   (1892–1951)
• Shane Hugh Maryon Gough, 5th Viscount Gough
  Shane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough
  Shane Hugh Maryon Gough, 5th Viscount Gough, Bt , is a peer of the United Kingdom. He was educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst. Son of Hugh William Gough, 4th Viscount Gough, Bt, MC, and Margaretta Elizabeth Maryon-Wilson.-Career:...
  
  (b. 1941)

There is no heir to the titles.