Sir Thomas Gooch, 5th Baronet

{{Short description|British politician and landowner}}

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Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, 5th Baronet (2 November 1767 – 18 December 1851) was a British politician and landowner.

He was the son of Sir Thomas Gooch, 4th Baronet and Anna Maria Hayward. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Suffolk in 1806 and held the seat until 1830. John Debrett, William Courthope, Debrett's Baronetage of England (J.G. & F. Rivington, 1835), p.172. [https://archive.org/details/debrettsbaroneta00debrrich/page/172 ] In 1833 he served as the High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1833.

Gooch married Marianne Whittaker, the daughter of Abraham Whittaker, on 12 May 1796. John Debrett, William Courthope, Debrett's Baronetage of England (J.G. & F. Rivington, 1835), p.172. [https://archive.org/details/debrettsbaroneta00debrrich/page/172 ] Together they had six children.

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