Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Gough, Hugh, Viscount

by Joseph Foster

Gough Hugh, Viscount, k.p. 1857, g.c.b. 1842, g.c.s.i. 1861, created D.C.L. 13 June, 1850, field-marshal 1862, colonel 87th royal Irish fusiliers 1841, of 60th regiment king's royal rifle corps 1854, and of royal regiment of horse guards (and gold stick) 1855, general 1854, commander-in-chief East Indies 1843-9, created a baronet 23 Dec., 1842, and for his services in India he was created Baron Gough 25 April, 1846, and Viscount Gough 15 June, 1849, P.C. 1859 (son of Lieut.-Colonel George Gough, of Woodstown, co. Limerick), died 2 March, 1869. See Foster's Peerage.