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Hugh Sutlej Gough

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Hugh Sutlej Gough
Born4 February 1848
Died1920
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1862–1910
RankMajor-General
Commands18th Royal Hussars
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Major-General Hugh Sutlej Gough CB CMG DL (4 February 1848 – 1920) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Military career

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Gough joined the Royal Navy in 1862 and then transferred to 10th Royal Hussars in 1868.[1] He was appointed aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, India in 1876 and then served in Afghanistan and Egypt before commanding 3rd Mounted Rifles for the Bechuanaland expedition in 1884.[1] He became commanding officer of 18th Royal Hussars in 1889 and assistant adjutant for cavalry in 1893 before being made Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1904 and retiring in 1910.[1]

On retirement he was given the colonelcy of the 20th Hussars, a post he held until his death in 1920.[2]

He lived at Llechweddygarth Hall in Montgomeryshire.[3] He was also deputy lieutenant of Caernarvonshire.[4]

Family

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In 1886, he married Beatrice Sophia Henning; they had a son and a daughter.[3][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gough, Hugh". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "20th Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Gough History". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  4. ^ "No. 28083". The London Gazette. 26 November 1907. p. 8190.
  5. ^ The Peerage.com
Government offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
1904–1910
Succeeded by