Harry Dorsey Gough

Harry Dorsey Gough
c. 1800 portrait of Gough attributed to Gilbert Stuart
BornJanuary 28, 1745
DiedMay 8, 1808(1808-05-08) (aged 63)
NationalityColonial British & American
Occupation(s)Merchant, planter, & real-estate developer
Political partyFederalist
Spouse
Prudence Carnan
(m. 1771)
ChildrenSophia Gough
Parent(s)Thomas Gough
Sophia Dorsey Gough

Harry Dorsey Gough[2] (28 January 1745 – 8 May 1808) was a prominent 18th-century merchant, planter, and patron of the fledgling Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early United States.

  1. ^ Papenfuse, Edward & al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635–1789, Vol. 426, pp. 367 ff. Hosted by Archives of Maryland Online. Accessed 23 October 2013.
  2. ^ Sometimes also spelled as Goff in period documents.[1]