There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Gooch, one in the

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and one in the

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Gooch Baronets of Benacre Hall

The Gooch Baronetcy of

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, in the County of

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, was created in the

on 4 November 1746 for William Gooch,

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from 1727 to 1749. The second Baronet was

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then Ely. He married Mary Sherlock, daughter of

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, Dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London leaving a fairly substantial inheritance. Since then, Sherlock has been included by most succeeding generations as a middle name. The fourth Baronet served as

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in 1785. The fifth Baronet co-represented

in the

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from 1806 to 1830. The sixth Baronet likewise won election as

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for Suffolk East between

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and 1856. The eleventh Baronet was a

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in the Army.

List of Gooch baronets, of Benacre Hall (1746)

Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (21 October 1681 – 17 December 1751) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Technically, Gooch only held the title of Royal Lieutenant Gove ...

(1681–1751) * Sir Thomas Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1675–1754) *Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet (–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 KCVO DSO (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 (born 1937) The

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is the current holder's nephew, Robert Brian Sherlock Gooch (born 1976)

Gooch Baronets of Clewer Park

The Gooch Baronetcy of Clewer Park, in the County of

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, was created in the

on 15 November 1866 for the mechanical engineer, businessman and

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politician

Daniel Gooch Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer. He was the first Locomotive Superintendent, Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Rai ...

. The baronetcy was conferred on him in recognition of his services to the successful laying of the inceptive Atlantic cables in 1865 and 1866.

List of 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 (born 1963) The heir presumptive is the current holder's kinsman, Peter David Gooch (born 1938)

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, ''The Complete Baronetage''
volume V
(1906) pp. 91–93 1746 establishments in Great Britain Gooch Gooch Baronetcies created with special remainders