Major-General Hugh Sutlej Gough (4 February 1848 – 1920) was a

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officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Military career

Gough joined the

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in 1862 and then transferred to

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in 1868. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief,

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in 1876 and then served in

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and

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before commanding 3rd Mounted Rifles for the Bechuanaland expedition in 1884. He became commanding officer of

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in 1889 and assistant adjutant for cavalry in 1893 before being made Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1904 and retiring in 1910. On retirement he was given the colonelcy of the

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, a post he held until his death in 1920. He lived at Llechweddygarth Hall in

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. He was also deputy lieutenant of

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Family

In 1886, he married Beatrice Sophia Henning; they had a son and a daughter.The Peerage.com
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gough, Hugh 1848 births 1920 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George British Army major generals Governors of Jersey 10th Royal Hussars officers 18th Royal Hussars officers Deputy Lieutenants of Caernarvonshire