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{{Short description|English politician}}
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'''Sir Henry Gough''' (3 January 1649 – 24 January 1724) of [[Perry Hall, Birmingham|Perry Hall]], then in Staffordshire, was an English politician who sat in the [[English House of Commons|House of Commons]] between 1685 and 1705.
Gough was the eldest son of John Gough (died 1665) of [[Old Fallings]] and his second wife, Bridget, the daughter of Sir John Astley of [[Woodeaton]], Oxfordshire.<ref name="HoPO">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/gough-sir-henry-1649-1724|title=Gough, Sir Henry (1649-1724), of Perry Hall, Staffs.|work=History of Parliament Online (1660-1690)|accessdate=15 November 2016}}</ref> He was the elder brother of [[Richard Gough (1655–1728)|Sir Richard Gough]]. He matriculated at [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], [[Oxford University|Oxford]], in 1666 and entered [[Middle Temple]] in 1667.<ref name="HoPO" /> He lived at [[Perry Hall, Birmingham|Perry Hall]] in Staffordshire.<ref>Perry Hall was demolished in 1927; its site has been in Birmingham since 1928.</ref> He married Mary Littleton, the daughter of [[Sir Edward Littleton, 2nd Baronet|Sir Edward Littleton, 2nd Bt.]], of [[Pillaton Hall]], Staffordshire in 1668.<ref name="HoPO" />
Gough was [[High Sheriff of Staffordshire]] for the year  1671 to 1672.<ref name="HoPO" /><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=624|page=2|date=6 November 1671}}</ref><ref name=SRS-288>*{{Citation|author=Staffordshire Record Society |year=1912  |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/collectionsfo1912stafuoft#page/272/mode/2up/search/1086 |chapter=Sheriffs of Staffordshire 1086–1912 |url=https://archive.org/details/collectionsfo1912stafuoft |title=Collections for a history of Staffordshire| volume=12 |publisher=Kendal, Eng., etc. |page=288}}
</ref> In 1678, he was knighted  for services his grandfather rendered to [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] in 1642. He was elected as a Tory [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]] in 1685, 1689<ref name="HoPO" /> and 1699. In 1705, he was elected MP for [[Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Lichfield]].<ref name="HoPO2">{{cite web|url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/gough-sir-henry-1650-1725 |title=GOUGH, Sir Henry (1650-1725), of Perry Hall, Staffs.|work=History of Parliament Online (1690-1715)|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref>
Gough died on 24 January 1724 and was buried at [[Bushbury]]. Only three of his eleven sons survived including  [[Harry Gough]] (1681–1751).<ref name="HoPO2" />
== References ==
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| before  = [[Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth|Sir Thomas Thynne, Bt]]
| before2 = [[John Swinfen]]
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| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]]
| years = 1685–1698
| with  = [[Sir Richard Howe, 3rd Baronet|Richard Howe]] 1685–1689
| with2 = [[Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney|Henry Sidney]] 1689
| with3 = [[Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton|Henry Boyle]] 1689–1690
| with4 = [[Michael Biddulph (1661–1697)|Michael Biddulph]] 1690–1695
| with5 = [[Thomas Guy]] 1695–1698
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| after  = [[Thomas Guy]]
| after2 = [[John Chetwynd]]
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| before  = [[Thomas Guy]]
| before2 = [[John Chetwynd]]
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| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]]
| years = 1699–1701
| with  = [[Thomas Guy]]
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| after  = [[Thomas Guy]]
| after2 = [[Henry Thynne (1675–1708)|Henry Thynne]]
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| before  = [[Richard Dyott (died 1719)|Richard Dyott]]
| before2 = [[Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet|Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt]]
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| title =  [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Lichfield]]
| years =   1705
| with  =  [[Richard Dyott (died 1719)|Richard Dyott]]
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{{s-aft
| after  = [[John Cotes (1682–1756)|John Cotes]]
| after2 = [[Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet|Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt]]
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