Thomas Vere Sherlock Gooch

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Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch
Born: 1903-May-6
m1926-Nov-10Katharine Chervaux Chaytor F
1 Marriage



11th Bt., D.S.O., of Benacre Hall, Suffolk, D.I. (1949), J.P. (1947), Chm. East Suffolk County Council 1957‑67, High Sheriff of Suffolk 1950, C.C. East Suffolk 1946, Vice‑Chm. from 1950, C.A, 1951, educ. Eton, Lt.‑Col. The Life Guards 1943‑46, cmd'd. 1st Household Cav. Regt. Nov. 1942‑Dec. 1944, Col. cmdg. Household Cav. 1944‑46 (ret. 1946), served in World War II 1939‑45 (dispatches a twice, D.S.O. 1941), hon. Col 4th Bn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.A.) 1954‑61, hon. Col. The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.A.) 1961‑68, mem. of H.M. Bodyguard of Hon. Corps of Gentlemen‑at‑Arms from 1950, Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant from 1963, Standard Bearer 1967, Lieut. 1968, Mem. of house of Laity of Church Assembly 1948-55 Liaison Offr. to Min. of Agriculture 1952‑62, mem. of Council, of Royal Agricultural Society of England from 1949, Dep. Pres. 1960, Vice‑Pres. 1961, Pres. 1961, Trustee 1964, Chm. E. Suffolk Agric. Exec. Cttee. 1954‑62, Pres. Smithfield Club 1966



1: 1927 Edward John Sherlock Gooch
2: 1930 Eric Richard John Sherlock Gooch
3: 1932 Katharine Anne Gooch H/C
4: 1934 Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch W
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