Captain Harry Gough (2 April 1681 – 13 July 1751), of Enfield, Middlesex, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the

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from 1734 to 1751. Gough was the sixth son of Sir Henry Gough of Perry Hall and his wife Mary Littleton, daughter of

Sir Edward Littleton, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton Hall, 2nd Baronet (c. 1632–1709), was a Staffordshire landowner and MP from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family, who represented Staffordshire in the Cavalier Parliament. Background and early life Littl ...

, MP of Pillaton, Staffordshire. Gough went to China with his uncle

Richard Gough Charles Richard Gough (born 5 April 1962) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Gough played in the successful Dundee United team of the early 1980s, winning the Scottish league title in 1982–83 and reachi ...

in 1692 when aged 11, and joined the

British East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

under his patronage. From 1707 to 1715 he was captain of a merchantman, the ''Streatham''. He was named

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in 1736, full

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the next year, and then repeatedly held each post (Chairman again in 1741, 1743, 1746, and 1747; Deputy again in 1742, 1745, and 1750). Gould was returned by his cousin Sir Harry Gough as member of Parliament for Bramber, a notoriously

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, at the 1734 British general election and voted consistently with the Administration. He was returned again in

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and 1747 attending debates assiduously in spite of gout. Gough died on 13 July 1751, leaving a son and daughter. His son was the antiquarian,

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1681 births 1751 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British East India Company British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 Gough-Calthorpe family {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub

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