Thomas Gooch

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Sir Thomas Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1674–1754) was an English bishop.

The Right Reverend Sir Thomas Gooch Bt
Bishop of Ely
In office	1748–1754
Predecessor	Robert Butts
Successor	Matthias Mawson
Other post(s)	Bishop of Bristol (1737–1738) Bishop of Norwich (1738–1748)
Previous post(s)	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Personal details
Born	9 January 1674
Died	14 February 1754
Parents	Thomas Gooch and Frances Ann Lane
Spouse	Mary Sherlock, Hannah Miller, Mary Compton
Children	Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Bt. Rev. John Gooch
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Coat of arms

Life

Gooch was born to Thomas Gooch of Yarmouth, and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1691. He graduated B.A. in 1694 (M.A. 1698), B.D. in 1706 and D.D. in 1711. He became chaplain to Henry Compton, Bishop of London, and preached at his funeral in 1713. Subsequently, he was chaplain to Queen Anne, and rector of St Clement Eastcheap and St Martin Orgar. He was archdeacon of Essex from 1714 to 1737.

Gooch was Master of Gonville and Caius from 1716 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1717. He became successively Bishop of Bristol in 1737, Bishop of Norwich in 1738, and Bishop of Ely in 1747. In 1751 he inherited the title of baronet from his brother Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet.

Gooch's first wife was Mary Sherlock, daughter of William Sherlock. They had a son, Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet of Benacre. He married twice more. He died at Ely Place, and was buried in the chapel at Gonville and Caius, where there is a monument to him on the south wall.

Arms

Coat of arms of Thomas Gooch

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