A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gooch, Thomas Lewis
GOOCH. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 13.)
Thomas Lewis Gooch is a near relative of Commander Geo. Thos. Gooch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1820; passed Ins examination in 1826; and acquired the rank of Lieutenant 28 April, 1827. He was afterwards appointed, on the Mediterranean and Home stations – 9 June, 1827, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Leonard Chas. Rooke – 29 May, 1828, to the Wellesley 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland – 1 Feb. 1839, to the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey – and, 12 Feb. 1842, to the command of the Kite steamer. He attained the rank he now holds 7 May, 1842; and from 27 Oct. 1843, until the commencement of 1847, had command of the Sealark 16, on the coast of Africa. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.