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Brigadier Brigadier ( ) is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore (rank), commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several t ...
Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet, DL (born 1 June 1937) is an
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and retired regular officer of the
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. He was also an aide-de-camp to
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. Gooch is descended from
Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (21 October 1681 – 17 December 1751) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Technically, Gooch only held the title of Royal Lieutenant Gove ...
, Royal Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749, for whom
Goochland County, Virginia Goochland County is a county located in the Piedmont of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its southern border is formed by the James River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,727. Its county seat is Goochland. Goochland County is inclu ...
is named.Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David, (eds) ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 edition) The son of Colonel Brian Sherlock Gooch DSO TD and of Monica Mary (
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Heywood), Gooch was educated at
Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England *Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States *Éton, a commune in the Meuse depa ...
and Sandhurst, before serving in the Life Guards, the senior
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of the British Army, which he commanded from 1978 to 1981.'Gooch, Brig. Sir Arthur (Brian Sherlock Heywood)' in
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for 2008 (online edition)
In 1963, he married Sarah Diana Rowena Perceval JP and they have two daughters. Lady Gooch has served as
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. On 14 March 1989, Gooch was appointed as aide-de-camp to
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, replacing Brigadier Robert Baddeley. He was Honorary Colonel of the Kent and County of London Yeomanry from 1992 to 1999 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for
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in 1999.London Gazette, Friday, 19 November 1999, Deputy Lieutenant Commissions
at gazettes-online.co.uk
When his cousin Major Sir Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch MBE, 13th Baronet, late the Life Guards, died on 9 April 2008, Gooch inherited the baronetcy. His
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is a nephew Robert Brian Sherlock Gooch, born 1976 the son of his brother, Thomas Sherlock Heywood Gooch, who died on 11 August 2020 at age 76 He is a member of the
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, Wiltshire.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gooch, Arthur 1937 births Living people Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain British Life Guards officers Deputy lieutenants of Wiltshire People educated at Eton College British Army brigadiers Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst