Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe

Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe (1 January 1749 – 16 March 1798), known until 1796 as Sir Henry Gough, 2nd Baronet, was a British politician.

He was the son of Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet by his first wife Barbara Calthorpe, the only daughter of Reynolds Calthorpe of Hampshire.^[1] On 8 June 1774 he succeeded to his father's title and estates.^[2] Between 1774 and 1796 he served as the Member of Parliament for Bramber, a rotten borough controlled by his family. He took the additional surname of Calthorpe by Royal Licence in 1788 on succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle, Sir Henry Calthorpe.^[3] On 16 January 1796 he was created Baron Calthorpe, of Calthorpe in the County of Norfolk in the Peerage of Great Britain.^[4][5]

On 1 May 1783 Gough-Calthorpe married Frances Carpenter, the second daughter and co-heiress of General Benjamin Carpenter.^[6] They had eight children:

• Henry Gough-Calthorpe (24 January 1784 - 4 November 1790)
• Hon. Charles Gough-Calthorpe, later 2nd Baron Calthorpe
• Hon. George Gough-Calthorpe, later 3rd Baron Calthorpe
• Hon. Frederick Gough-Calthorpe later Gough, later 4th Baron Calthorpe
• Hon. John Gough-Calthorpe (5 May 1793 - 10 June 1816)
• Hon. Arthur Gough-Calthorpe (14 November 1796 - 5 March 1836)
• Hon. Frances Elizabeth Gough-Calthorpe (c.1785 - 2 September 1868)
• Hon. Harriet Gough-Calthorpe (died 12 February 1813)

References

1. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (Henry Colburn, 1839), p.163.
2. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (Henry Colburn, 1839), p.163.
3. Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage (Calthorpe, Baron (GB, 1796 - 1997)) http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/calthorpe1796.htm (Accessed 15 February 2015)
4. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (Henry Colburn, 1839), p.163.
5. Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage (Calthorpe, Baron (GB, 1796 - 1997)) http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/calthorpe1796.htm (Accessed 15 February 2015)
6. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (Henry Colburn, 1839), p.163.