Sir Edward Gooch, 6th Baronet

Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, 6th Baronet of Benacre Hall (6 June 1802 – 9 November 1856)[1][2] was a British Conservative politician.

Sir Edward Gooch Bt
Member of Parliament for East Suffolk
In office 19 February 1846 – 9 November 1856 Serving with Fitzroy Kelly (1852–1856) Frederick Thellusson (1846–1852)
Preceded by	John Henniker-Major Frederick Thellusson
Succeeded by	Fitzroy Kelly John Henniker-Major
Personal details
Born	6 June 1802
Died	9 November 1856 (aged 54)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

Life

Born in 1802, Gooch was the son of Sir Thomas Gooch, 5th Baronet and Marianne née Whittaker. He first married Louisa Anna Maria Prescott, daughter of Sir George Beeston Prescott, 2nd Baronet, in 1828, and they had at least two children: Florence Jane Charlotte Giva Gooch (died 1918)[3][4] and a second, unknown daughter.

After Louisa's death in 1837, in 1839 he married Harriet Hope-Vere, daughter of James Joseph Hope-Vere and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Hay. They had nine children: Elizabeth Gooch; Diana Anne Gooch (died 1928); Harriet Sophia Gooch (died 1927); Charlotte Matilda Gooch; Isabel Edith Gooch (died 1931); Edward Sherlock Gooch (1843–1872); Francis Robert Sherlock Lambert Gooch (1850–1881); Alfred Sherlock Gooch (1851–1899); and another unknown son, born between 1844 and 1849.

Gooch was elected MP for East Suffolk at a by-election in 1846—caused by the resignation of John Henniker-Major—and held the seat until his death in 1856.[5]

He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Benacre Hall upon the death of his father, Sir Thomas Gooch, 5th Baronet. Upon his own death in 1856, his son Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, 7th Baronet succeeded to the peerage.[2]

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Edward Gooch, 6th Baronet

Crest A talbot statant per pale Argent and Sable. Escutcheon Per pale Argent and Sable a chevron between three talbots statant all counterchanged, on a chief Gules three leopards’ faces Or. Motto Fide Et Virtute [6]

References

1. Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
2. Rayment, Leigh (14 September 2017). "Baronetcies beginning with "G"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
3. "Deaths". Lyttelton Times. CXVII (17976). 18 December 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
4. Macdonald, George. "Macdonald Dictionary Record: E M Clissold". Macdonald Dictionary. Canterbury Museum. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 461–462. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
6. Burke's Peerage. 1949.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Edward Gooch