This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885. He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its chairman from 1865 to 1889.
Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, and died in London, served as Governor of Virginia from 1727 through 1749. Technically, Gooch only had the title Royal Lieutenant Governor, but the nominal governors, George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, and Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, were in England and did not exercise much authority. Gooch’s tenure as governor was characterized by his unusual political effectiveness. One of his greatest successes was the passage of the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730. The Act called for the inspection and regulation of Virginia’s tobacco, the most important crop of the colony. Tobacco planters were required to transport their crop to public warehouses where it was inspected and stored. The Act raised the quality of Virginia’s tobacco and reduced fraud; this greatly increased the demand for Virginia tobacco in Europe.
John Aubrey (1626–1697), was an English antiquary and writer
Thomas Barber is the name of:
William Gooch may refer to:
This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Suffolk.
Brigadier Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet, DL is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army. He was also an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.
Arthur Gooch may refer to:
Edward Gooch may refer to:
Robert Gooch was an English physician.
Richard Gooch may refer to:
Benacre Hall is a Grade II listed country house and estate in Benacre, Suffolk. The current house is Georgian and dates to around 1764. It is the seat of the Gooch baronets.
Colonel Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, 11th Baronet was a British Army officer and local politician.
Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, 6th Baronet of Benacre Hall was a British Conservative politician.
