Years of service 1862–1910 Service/branch British Army Commands held 18th Royal Hussars Rank Major general | Name Hugh Gough Allegiance United Kingdom Died 1920 | |
Awards Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George | ||
Major-General Hugh Sutlej Gough CB CMG DL (4 February 1848 – 1920) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
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Military career
Gough joined the Royal Navy in 1862 and then transferred to 10th Royal Hussars in 1868. He was appointed Aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, India in 1876 and then served in Afghanistan and Egypt before commanding 3rd Mounted Rifles for the Bechuanaland expedition in 1884. He became Commanding Officer of 18th Royal Hussars 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 20th Hussars, a post he held until his death in 1920.
He lived at Llechweddygarth Hall in Montgomeryshire. He was also Deputy Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire.
Family
In 1886, he married Beatrice Sophia Henning; they had a son and a daughter.