Hugh Sutlej Gough | |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1848 |
Death Date: | 1920 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Serviceyears: | 1862 - 1910 |
Branch: | British Army |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Major-General Hugh Sutlej Gough (4 February 1848 - 1920) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Gough joined the Royal Navy in 1862 and then transferred to 10th Royal Hussars in 1868.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]
On retirement he was given the colonelcy of the 20th Hussars, a post he held until his death in 1920.[2]
He lived at Llechweddygarth Hall in Montgomeryshire.[3] He was also deputy lieutenant of Caernarvonshire.
In 1886, he married Beatrice Sophia Henning; they had a son and a daughter.[3] [4]