The Gough-Calthorpe family is descended from ancient and notable families who both held lands in the area around

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Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet (1709–1774), also known as Sir Harry Gough, of Edgbaston Hall, Warwickshire, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1732 to 1741. Early life Gough was the son of Sir Richard Goug ...

, Member of Parliament, (1709–1774) was made a

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in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1728. He married into the Calthorpe family, descendants of the Calthorpes who held the manors of

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, and Ampton, Suffolk, and who were also sometime

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. The

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ermine in Birmingham's coat of arms is a reference to the arms of the Calthorpe family. The Calthorpe Barony (1796) became extinct in June 1997 when the last Baron died without a male heir.

Gough family

* Sir Henry Gough, Knt (1649–1724), of Perry Hall; son of John Gough (died 1665), matriculated at Christ Church,

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, 1666; was a student at Middle Temple in 1667; elected as a Tory MP in Tamworth in 1685; became

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in 1671. Knighted in 1678 for services his grandfather rendered to the King in 1642. *Walter Gough (1677–1730); married Martha Harwood, a niece of Sir Richard Hill. *Walter Gough Jr (died 1773), married Bridget Kempson, daughter of Willis Kempson of

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. * Sir Richard Gough (died 1728); third son of Henry Gough; a merchant, who travelled to the

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and China. In 1717 he purchased

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from Thomas Belasyse, 3rd Viscount Fauconberg. *Charles Gough thought to have rediscovered the island of Diego Alvarez, half way between the Cape of Good Hope and

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, which became known as Gough Island, in 1731. *

, M.P. (1709–1774); another son of Henry Gough; was made a Baronet. His second wife (her first marriage) was Barbara (1716–1782), only daughter and heiress of Reynolds Calthorpe of

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, by his spouse Barbara (died 1724), daughter of Henry Yelverton, first

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and 15th Baron Grey of Ruthyn. They had a son, Henry, 2nd Bt., and two daughters, Barbara and Charlotte, the former marrying Isaac Spooner (their daughter Barbara married abolitionist

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) and the latter marrying Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet, MP for Leicestershire 1765–1780. * Harry Gough, brother of Sir Henry, 1st Bt., chairman of the

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and MP for Bramber, who purchased ancient burgages in the Bull Ring, an estate in

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, and a farm, now marked by Gough Street. *Sir Henry Gough, 2nd Baronet (1749–1798), married in 1783, Frances (died 1827), second daughter of General Benjamin Carpenter, with issue, eleven children. Was created

Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe (1 January 1749 – 16 March 1798), known until 1796 as Sir Henry Gough, 2nd Baronet, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1796 when he was raised to the peerage. Early ...

in 1796 having assumed the additional surname of Calthorpe upon inheriting, in 1788, the Elvetham and Norfolk estates of his maternal uncle, Sir Henry Calthorpe, K.B.. He left two sons, George, Lord Calthorpe, and Frederick Gough of Perry Hall.

Gough-Calthorpe family

(1749–1798), formerly Sir Henry Gough, 2nd Baronet (see above) *

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(1786–1807), no issue. *

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(1787–1851), succeeded his brother Charles, 2nd Lord, but died without issue. *

Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe (14 June 1790 – 2 May 1868), known as Hon. Frederick Gough-Calthorpe until 1851, of Elvetham Hall, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was born the 4th son of Henry Go ...

(1790–1868) succeeded his brothers George, 3rd Lord, and Charles, 2nd Lord. He was a Counsellor of King's College London, and married in 1823, Lady Charlotte Sophia, daughter of

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, with issue: ten children. * Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe (1826–1893) * Augustus Cholmondeley Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (1829–1910) **Rachel Gough-Calthorpe, daughter of Sir Augustus Cholmondeley Gough-Calthorpe married FitzRoy Hamilton Anstruther in 1898, creating the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe family. * Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe, 7th Baron Calthorpe (1831–1912) * Somerset Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 8th Baron Calthorpe (1862–1940) * Ronald Arthur Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, 9th Baron Calthorpe (1924–1945) * Peter Waldo Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, 10th Baron Calthorpe (1927–1997) * The Hon Sir. Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe; (1864–1937); Admiral of the Fleet, R.N. * The Hon. Frederick ("Freddie") Somerset Gough Calthorpe; (1892–1935);

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Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe family

* Sir Fitzroy Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet (1872–1957; son of Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther) ** Sir Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Baronet (1908–1985) ***Niall Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (1940–1970) **** Sir Euan Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 3rd Baronet (22 June 1966–) ***Michael Richard Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 30 October 1943, died September 1990) *** John Austen Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 14 July 1947), property magnate ****Georgiana Moireach Gay Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 14 October 1978), artist. **** Isabella Amaryllis Charlotte Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 3 March 1980), an actress who uses the stage name Isabella Calthorpe. ****Jacobi Richard Penn Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 10 May 1983), property developer. ****Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 1989), a model (and actress as '

Gabriella Wilde Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 8 April 1989), known professionally as Gabriella Wilde or Gabriella Calthorpe, is an English actress and model. She has appeared in the films '' St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Go ...

'), sister of Octavia, half-sister of Georgiana, Isabella and Jacobi. ****Octavia Elsa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 27 October 1991), sister of Gabriella, half-sister of Georgiana, Isabella and Jacobi.

Notes

References

* Lodge, Edmund,

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, &c., ''The Peerage of the British Empire'', 27th edition, London, 1858, p. 94-5. * Ruvigny & Raineval, The Marquis of, ''

The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigné, "9th Marquis of Ruvigny and 15th of Raineval" (25 April 1868 – 6 October 1921) was a British genealogist and author, who was twice president of the Legitimist Jacobit ...

'', Essex volume, London, 1908, p. 598. * Townend, Peter, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'', 105th edition, London, 1970, p. 452.

External links

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