The 'Gough-Calthorpe family' is an ancient and notable family from the area around
Birmingham,
England.
Sir Richard Gough married into the Calthorpe family after the
Civil War. The Calthorpes were Lords of the Manor of
Edgbaston. The Fess
Ermine in
Birmingham's coat of arms is a reference to the arms of the Calthorpe family.
The Gough-Calthorpe Baron title died out in June
1997 when the last Baron died without a male heir. The Gough-Calthorpe family papers held in Hampshire Record Office,
Winchester.
Gough family
★ 'John Gough' (died
1665)
★ 'Sir Henry Gough' (
1649-
1724), of
Perry Hall; son of John Gough, matriculated at Christ Church,
Oxford,
1666; was a student at Middle Temple in
1667; elected as a Tory
MP in
Tamworth in
1685; became High
Sheriff of
Staffordshire in
1671. Knighted in
1678 for services his grandfather rendered to the King in
1642.
★ 'Walter Gough' (
1677-
1730); married Martha Harwood, a niece of Sir Richard Hill.
★ 'Walter Gough Jr' (died
1773), married Bridget Kempson, daughter of Willis Kempson of
Bilston.
★ '
Sir Richard Gough' (died
1728); third son of Henry Gough; a merchant, who travelled to the
Mediterranean,
India and
China. In 1717 he purchased
Edgbaston Hall from
Thomas Belasyse, 3rd Viscount Fauconberg.
★ 'Charles Gough' thought to have rediscovered the island of Diego Alvarez, half way between the
Cape of Good Hope and
Cape Horn, which became known as
Gough Island, in
1731.
★ '
Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet' (d.
1774); son of Sir Richard; was made a Baronet. His second wife was Barbara, only daughter of 'Reynolds Calthorpe' of
Elvetham,
Hampshire. Added the name 'Calthorpe' in
1776.
★ 'Harry Gough'; nephew of Sir Richard. Purchased ancient burgages in the
Bull Ring, an estate in
Ladywood, and a 25-acre farm, now marked by Gough Street.
★
Sir Henry Gough, 2nd Baronet (
1748-
1798) (created 'Baron Calthorpe' in 1796)
Gough-Calthorpe family
See also:
Baron Calthorpe
★
Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe (d.
1798)
★
Charles Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Baron Calthorpe (
1786-
1807)
★
George Gough-Calthorpe, 3rd Baron Calthorpe (
1787-
1851)
★
Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe (
1790-
1868)
★
Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe (
1826-
1893)
★
Augustus Cholmondeley Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (
1829-
1810)
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★ 'Rachel Gough-Calthorpe', daughter of Sir Augustus Cholmondeley Gough-Calthorpe married FitzRoy Hamilton Anstruther in
1898, creating the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe family.
★
Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe, 7th Baron Calthorpe (
1831-
1912)
★
Somerset Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 8th Baron Calthorpe (
1862-
1940)
★
Ronald Arthur Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, 9th Baron Calthorpe (
1924-
1945)
★
Peter Waldo Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, 10th Baron Calthorpe (
1927-
1997)
★ 'The Hon. Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe' (
1864–
1937);
Admiral of the Fleet,
R.N..
★
The Hon. Frederick ("Freddie") Somerset Gough Calthorpe; (
1892–
1935);
cricketer.
Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe family
See also:
Anstruther Baronets
★
Sir Fitzroy Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet (1872–1957)
★
Sir Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Baronet (1908–1985)
★
Sir Euan Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 3rd Baronet (22 June 1966–) and his family regularly appear in the
Sunday Times Rich List.
★
Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, an
actress who uses the stage name Isabella Calthorpe.
See also
★
Calthorpe Park (
[1])
★
Perry Hall Park
★
Perry Hall, Maryland
External links
★
National Archives
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Calthorpe Estates
★
some family history
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Gough genealogy