Sir Thomas Gooch, 5th Baronet

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 in 1806 and held the seat until 1830.[1] In 1833 he served as the High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1833.

Gooch married Marianne Whittaker, the daughter of Abraham Whittaker, on 12 May 1796.[2] Together they had six children.

Coat of arms of Sir Thomas Gooch, 5th Baronet
Crest
A talbot statant per pale Argent and Sable.
Escutcheon
Per pale Argent and Sable a chevron between three talbots statant all counterchanged, on a chief Gules three leopards’ faces Or.
Motto
Fide Et Virtute [3]

References
  1. John Debrett, William Courthope, Debrett's Baronetage of England (J.G. & F. Rivington, 1835), p.172.
  2. John Debrett, William Courthope, Debrett's Baronetage of England (J.G. & F. Rivington, 1835), p.172.
  3. Burke's Peerage. 1949.
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