| Honorific-Prefix: | Captain |
| Thomas William Goff | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Roscommon |
| Term Start: | 16 May 1859 |
| Term End: | 5 March 1860 |
| Predecessor: | Fitzstephen French Oliver Dowell John Grace |
| Successor: | Fitzstephen French Charles Owen O'Conor |
| Alongside: | Fitzstephen French |
| Birth Date: | 6 July 1829 |
| Death Place: | Haymarket, London |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Parents: | Thomas Goff Anne Caulfeild |
Thomas William Goff (6 July 1829 – 3 June 1876)[1] [2] was an Irish Conservative politician.
He was a son of the Reverend Thomas Goff and the former Anne Caulfeild. His paternal grandparents were Robert Goff and Sarah (née French) Goff and his maternal grandparents were Commodore Thomas Gordon Caulfeild (a son of the Ven. John Caulfeild and brother of Lt.-Gen. James Caulfeild) and Theodosia (née Talbot) Caulfield (a granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Glandore).
Goff gained the rank of Captain in the 7th Dragoon Guards and held the office of High Sheriff of Roscommon, in 1858.[3]
Goff was elected Conservative MP for Roscommon at the 1859 general election, but was unseated on petition in March the next year on the grounds of treating.[4] [5]
On 17 March 1863, Goff was married to Dorothea FitzClarence (1845–1870), a daughter of Sarah Elizabeth Catharine Gordon (a granddaughter of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly through Maj. Lord Henry Gordon) and Lord Augustus FitzClarence (an illegitimate son of William IV of the United Kingdom).[2] Together, they lived at Oakport House in Roscommon, Ireland (inherited from his paternal grandmother's family),[6] and were the parents of:[7]
His wife died on 15 May 1870 at Brompton Crescent, Kensington. Goff died on 3 June 1876 at Rupert Street, Haymarket, London.
| Escutcheon: | Azure on a chevron between two fleur de lis in chief and a demi-lion rampant couped in base Or an annulet Gules. |
| Crest: | A squirrel sejant Proper charged on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis Or and holding in its forepaws a nut also Proper. |
| Notes: | Confirmed 7 January 1861 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.[11] |
| Motto: | Honestas Optima Politia |