Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, 5th Baronet (2 November 1767 – 18 December 1851) was a British politician and landowner. He was the son of Sir Thomas Gooch, 4th Baronet and Anna Maria Hayward. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

in 1806 and held the seat until 1830. In 1833 he served as the

High Sheriff of Suffolk This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Suffolk. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The Sheriff was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county a ...

in 1833. Gooch married Marianne Whittaker, the daughter of Abraham Whittaker, on 12 May 1796. John Debrett, William Courthope, ''Debrett's Baronetage of England'' (J.G. & F. Rivington, 1835), p.172

/ref> Together they had six children.

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