| Viscountcy Gough | |
|---|---|
  Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules on a Mount Vert a Lion passant guardant Or supporting with his dexter paw the Union Flag flowing to the sinister proper over the same in chief the words "China" and "India" in letters of gold; 2nd and 3rd, Azure on a Fess Argent between three Boars' Heads couped Or a Lion passant Gules in the centre chief point pendent from a Riband Argent fimbriated Azure a representation of the Badge of the Spanish Order of Charles III proper on a Chief within Battlements a Representation of the East Wall of the Fortress of Tarifa with a Breach between two Turrets the dexter Turret surmounted by the British Flag flying all proper | |
| Creation date | 15 June 1849 |
| Created by | Queen Victoria |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough |
| Last holder | Shane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough |
| Subsidiary titles | Baron Gough |
| Status | Extinct |
| Extinction date | 2023 |
| Seat(s) | Keppoch House |
| Former seat(s) | St. Helen's House Lough Cutra Castle |
| Motto | FAUGH A BALLAGH (Clear the way) |
Viscount Gough (/ˈɡɒf/), of Goojerat in the Punjab and of the city of Limerick, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1849 for the Anglo-Irish military commander Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough, whose military successes included the First Opium War, the First Anglo-Sikh War, and the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He had already been created a baronet, of Synone and Drangan, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 23 December 1842, and Baron Gough, of ChingKangFoo in China and of Maharajpore and the Sutlej in the East Indies, in 1846, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Gough later became a field marshal. The titles became extinct in 2023 following the death of the 5th Viscount.
The family seat was originally established by the 1st Viscount near Gort at Lough Cutra Castle in County Galway, Ireland, when it was purchased by him in 1852.[1] He also resided near Dublin at St. Helen's, Booterstown. The family seat later became Keppoch House near Dingwall in Ross-shire, Scotland.
The name was pronounced "Goff", not "Guff".[2]
- ^ "Lough Cutra Castle Gort County Galway Ireland Castles Gort Ireland". gort.galway-ireland.ie.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 103rd Edition (1963), p. 1041.