The Viscount Gough | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
In office 4 December 1951 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 4th Viscount Gough |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Shane Hugh Maryon Gough 26 August 1941 |
Died | 14 April 2023 | (aged 81)
Political party | Crossbench |
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Shane Hugh Maryon Gough, 5th Viscount Gough (26 August 1941 – 14 April 2023), was a British hereditary peer. He was educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst. He was the son of Hugh Gough, 4th Viscount Gough, and Margaretta Elizabeth Maryon-Wilson. His father died in 1951 and he succeeded to the viscountcy at the age of ten. Lord Gough resided at the family seat, Keppoch House, near Dingwall, Scotland, but also had a London residence. His employment was in London. He was unmarried, and there was no heir to the peerage or baronetcy.[1]