Hugh Gough GCB GCSI (1779 - 1869)

Born 3 Nov 1779 in Woodstown, Killeenagarriff, County Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Maria (Stephens) Gough — married 3 Jun 1807 in Plymouth, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1869 at age 89 in St Helen, Booterstown, City and County of Dublin, Ireland

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FM Hugh Gough was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

FM Hugh Gough GCB GCSI was Wounded in Action at the Battle of Talavera during the Peninsular War.

FM Hugh Gough GCB GCSI was Wounded in Action at the Battle of Vitoria during the Peninsular War.

Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough VC
Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough 2
Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough of Goojerat was born on 3 November 1779 at Woodstown, Killeenagarriff, County Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of Lt.-Col. George Gough and Letitia Bunbury.

He married Frances Maria Stephens (daughter of General Edward Stephens) on 3 June 1807. They had at six children.

He gained the rank of Ensign in 1794 and gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1795 in the service of the 78th Highlanders. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the 87th Foot.

Hugh fought in the Battle of Talavera in 1809, where he was severely wounded; the Battle of Barossa on 5 March 1811; the Battle of Tarifa on 31 October 1811; the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813, where he was severely wounded and he fought in the Battle of Nivelle on 19 November 1813.

He gained the rank of Colonel in 1819 and rose to the rank of Major-General in 1830. He was Colonel of the 99th Foot between 1839 and 1841.

Hugh fought in the China War in 1841, where he captured the native forts defending Canton and the city of Chin-keang-foo. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1841 and was Commander-in-Chief of Madras between 1841 and 1843. He was Colonel of the 87th Foot between 1841 and 1855.

He was created 1st Baronet Gough, of Synone and Drangan, co. Tipperary [U.K.] on 23 December 1842; 1st Baron Gough of ChinKangFoo, in China and of Maharajpore and the Sutlej in the East Indies [U.K.] on 25 April 1846 and he was created 1st Viscount Gough of Goojerat, in the Punjab and of the city of Limerick [U.K.] on 15 June 1849.

He was Commander-in-Chief of India between 1843 and 1849 and fought in the Battle of Mahajpoor on 29 December 1843. He fought in the 1st Sikh War in 1845 and then in the 2nd Sikh War in 1849.

He was Colonel-in-Chief of the 60th Rifles between 1854 and 1869 and was Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards between 1855 and 1869. He gained the rank of Field Marshal in 1862.

His wife passed away in 1863.

He died on 2 March 1869 at age 89 at St. Helen, Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland.

Hugh has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Proposals for a statue to Hugh began in 1869 but were rejected by Dublin Corporation, including sites in Carlisle Bridge, Foster Place and Westmoreland Street. An equestrian statue of Hugh by John Foley was ultimately erected outside the city, in Dublin's Phoenix Park in 1880 but, after being repeatedly vandalised in the 1940's and 1950's, it was moved to Chillingham Castle in Northumberland in 1990. The inscription reads,

In honour of Field Marshal Hugh Viscount Gough, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., an illustrious Irishman, whose achievements in the Peninsular War, in China, and in India, have added lustre to the military glory of his country, which he faithfully served for seventy five years. This statue [cast from cannon taken by troops under his command and granted by Parliament for the purpose] is erected by friends and comrades

Investitures

Knight and as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1815

Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) 1831

Knight, Order of St. Patrick (K.P.) in 1857

Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1859

Knight Commander, Order of the Star of India (K.C.S.I.) in 1861

Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Star of India (G.C.S.I.) in 1866.

Burial

St Brigids Stillorgan, Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #159904500

• http://thepeerage.com/p12420.htm#i124192
• Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
• https://www.dib.ie/index.php/biography/gough-sir-hugh-a3548

Acknowledgments

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