Brigadier Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet, DL (born 1 June 1937) is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army. He was also an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.
Gooch is descended from Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, Royal Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749, for whom Goochland County, Virginia is named. [1]
The son of Colonel Brian Sherlock Gooch DSO TD and of Monica Mary ( née Heywood), Gooch was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, before serving in the Life Guards, the senior regiment of the British Army, which he commanded from 1978 to 1981. [2]
In 1963, he married Sarah Diana Rowena Perceval JP and they have two daughters. [1] [2] Lady Gooch has served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire. [3]
On 14 March 1989, Gooch was appointed as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II, replacing Brigadier Robert Baddeley. [4] He was Honorary Colonel of the Kent and County of London Yeomanry from 1992 to 1999 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire in 1999. [2] [5]
When his cousin Major Sir Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch MBE, 13th Baronet, late the Life Guards, died on 9 April 2008, Gooch inherited the baronetcy. His heir presumptive is a nephew Robert Brian Sherlock Gooch, born 1976 the son of his brother, Thomas Sherlock Heywood Gooch, who died on 11 August 2020 at age 76 [2]
He is a member of the Army and Navy Club and lives at Chitterne, Wiltshire. [2]
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- ^ a b Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David, (eds) Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 edition)
- ^ a b c d e 'Gooch, Brig. Sir Arthur (Brian Sherlock Heywood)' in Who's Who (UK) for 2008 (online edition)
- ^ "High Sheriff - Wiltshire". High Sheriffs Association.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 51713 of 24 April 1989 (Supplement), p. 4916
- ^ London Gazette, Friday, 19 November 1999, Deputy Lieutenant Commissions at gazettes-online.co.uk
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
Brigadier Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet, DL (born 1 June 1937) is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army. He was also an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.
Gooch is descended from Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, Royal Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749, for whom Goochland County, Virginia is named. [1]
The son of Colonel Brian Sherlock Gooch DSO TD and of Monica Mary ( née Heywood), Gooch was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, before serving in the Life Guards, the senior regiment of the British Army, which he commanded from 1978 to 1981. [2]
In 1963, he married Sarah Diana Rowena Perceval JP and they have two daughters. [1] [2] Lady Gooch has served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire. [3]
On 14 March 1989, Gooch was appointed as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II, replacing Brigadier Robert Baddeley. [4] He was Honorary Colonel of the Kent and County of London Yeomanry from 1992 to 1999 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire in 1999. [2] [5]
When his cousin Major Sir Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch MBE, 13th Baronet, late the Life Guards, died on 9 April 2008, Gooch inherited the baronetcy. His heir presumptive is a nephew Robert Brian Sherlock Gooch, born 1976 the son of his brother, Thomas Sherlock Heywood Gooch, who died on 11 August 2020 at age 76 [2]
He is a member of the Army and Navy Club and lives at Chitterne, Wiltshire. [2]
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- ^ a b Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David, (eds) Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 edition)
- ^ a b c d e 'Gooch, Brig. Sir Arthur (Brian Sherlock Heywood)' in Who's Who (UK) for 2008 (online edition)
- ^ "High Sheriff - Wiltshire". High Sheriffs Association.
- ^ London Gazette, Issue 51713 of 24 April 1989 (Supplement), p. 4916
- ^ London Gazette, Friday, 19 November 1999, Deputy Lieutenant Commissions at gazettes-online.co.uk
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.