Hugh Sutlej Gough

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

Hugh Sutlej Gough
Born4 February 1848
Died1920
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service18621910
RankMajor-General
Commands held18th Royal Hussars
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Military career

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

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

References

  1. "Gough, Hugh". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. "20th Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.
  3. "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
Henry Abadie
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
19041910
Succeeded by
Sir Alexander Rochfort
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