Daniel Gooch

Daniel Gooch
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1866 engraving
(The Illustrated London News)
Born(1816-08-24)24 August 1816
Died15 October 1889(1889-10-15) (aged 73)
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Railway locomotive engineer, transatlantic cable engineer
Spouses
  • Margaret Tanner
    (m. 1838; died 1868)
  • Emily Burder
    (m. 1870)
Engineering career
ProjectsGreat Western Railway
Transatlantic telegraph cable

Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer. He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its chairman from 1865 until his death in 1889.

Between 1865 and 1885 Gooch was Conservative MP for Cricklade.