Viscount Gough (/ˈɡɒf/), of Goojerat in the Punjab and of the city of Limerick, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1849 for the Anglo-Irish military commander Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough, whose military successes included the First Opium War, the First Anglo-Sikh War, and the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He had already been created a baronet, of Synone and Drangan, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 23 December 1842, and Baron Gough, of ChingKangFoo in China and of Maharajpore and the Sutlej in the East Indies, in 1846, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Gough later became a field marshal. The titles became extinct in 2023 following the death of the 5th Viscount.

Viscountcy Gough
Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules on a Mount Vert a Lion passant guardant Or supporting with his dexter paw the Union Flag flowing to the sinister proper over the same in chief the words "China" and "India" in letters of gold; 2nd and 3rd, Azure on a Fess Argent between three Boars' Heads couped Or a Lion passant Gules in the centre chief point pendent from a Riband Argent fimbriated Azure a representation of the Badge of the Spanish Order of Charles III proper on a Chief within Battlements a Representation of the East Wall of the Fortress of Tarifa with a Breach between two Turrets the dexter Turret surmounted by the British Flag flying all proper
Creation date15 June 1849
Created byQueen Victoria
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderHugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough
Last holderShane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough
Subsidiary titlesBaron Gough
StatusExtinct
Extinction date2023
Seat(s)Keppoch House
Former seat(s)St. Helen's House
Lough Cutra Castle
MottoFAUGH A BALLAGH
(Clear the way)

The family seat was originally established by the 1st Viscount near Gort at Lough Cutra Castle in County Galway, Ireland, when it was purchased by him in 1852.[1] He also resided near Dublin at St. Helen's, Booterstown. The family seat later became Keppoch House near Dingwall in Ross-shire, Scotland.

The name was pronounced "Goff", not "Guff".[2]

Title holders

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Gough baronets (1842)

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Baron Gough (1846)

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Viscount Gough (1849)

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Male-line family tree

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Male-line family tree, Gough baronets, Barons Gough, and Viscounts Gough
Hugh Gough
1st Viscount Gough

1st Baron Gough

1st Baronet
1779–1869
Edward Gough
1810–1813
George Gough
2nd Viscount Gough

1815–1895
Hugh Gough
3rd Viscount Gough

1849–1919
Col. Hon.
George Gough
1852–1900
Hon.
Hugh Gough
1856–1879
Hugh Gough
4th Viscount Gough

1892–1951
Guy Gough
1887–1959
George Gough
1889–1936
Harold Gough
1894–1916
Dermot Gough
1896–1919
Shane Gough
5th Viscount Gough

1941–2023
Titles extinct

Arms

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Coat of arms of Viscount Gough
Crest
1st: a Boar's Head couped Or; 2nd: on a Mural Crown Argent a Lion passant guardant Or holding in the dexter paw two Flag Staves in bend sinister proper the one being the Union Flag of Great Britain and Ireland surmounting the other the staff thereof broken with a triangular Banner flowing therefrom to represent a Chinese Flag having thereon a Dragon and in an Escroll above the word "China"; 3rd: a Dexter Arm embowed in Facings of the 87th Regiment (Gules faced Vert) the hand grasping the Colour of the said Regiment displayed and a representation of a French Eagle reversed and depressed the staff broken proper in an Escroll above the word "Barossa".
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules on a Mount Vert a Lion passant guardant Or supporting with his dexter paw the Union Flag flowing to the sinister proper over the same in chief the words "China" and "India" in letters of gold; 2nd and 3rd, Azure on a Fess Argent between three Boars' Heads couped Or a Lion passant Gules in the centre chief point pendent from a Riband Argent fimbriated Azure a representation of the Badge of the Spanish Order of Charles III proper on a Chief within Battlements a Representation of the East Wall of the Fortress of Tarifa with a Breach between two Turrets the dexter Turret surmounted by the British Flag flying all proper.
Supporters
Dexter: a Lion reguardant Or gorged with an Eastern Crown Gules the rim inscribed with the word "Punjab" in letters of gold with Chain reflexed over the back also Gold; Sinister: a Chinese Dragon Or gorged with a Mural Crown Sable inscribed with the word "China" and chained Gold.
Motto
Above the centre Crest: Faugh a Ballagh (Clear the way); Below the shield: Goojerat.

References

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  1. ^ "Lough Cutra Castle Gort County Galway Ireland Castles Gort Ireland". gort.galway-ireland.ie.
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 103rd Edition (1963), p. 1041.
  3. ^ "Shane Hugh Maryon Gough death notice". The Daily Telegraph. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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