There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Gooch, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Gooch Baronetcy, of Benacre Hall in the County of Suffolk

Suffolk

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, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 4 November 1746 for William Gooch

William Gooch

Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet , born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, and died in London, served as Governor of Virginia from 1727 through 1749...

, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. The second Baronet was Bishop of Bristol

Bishop of Bristol

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, Norwich

Bishop of Norwich

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 and Ely

Bishop of Ely

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. He married Mary Sherlock, daughter of William Sherlock

William Sherlock

Not to be confused with William Sherlock William Sherlock was an English church leader.-Life:He was born at Southwark, and was educated at St. Saviour's School and Eton, and then at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1669 he became rector of St George's, Botolph Lane, London, and in 1681 he was appointed a...

, Dean of St. Paul. Since then, the Sherlock surname has been used by most succeeding generations as a middle name. The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Suffolk

High Sheriff of Suffolk

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 in 1785. The fifth Baronet represented the Suffolk county constituency

Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Suffolk was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832, when it was split into two divisions.-Boundaries and franchise:...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 from 1806 to 1830. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Suffolk East between 1846 and 1856. The eleventh Baronet was a Colonel

Colonel

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 in the Army.

The Gooch Baronetcy, of Clewer Park in the County of Berkshire

Berkshire

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 November 1866 for the mechanical engineer, businessman and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician Daniel Gooch

Daniel Gooch

Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet was an English railway and transatlantic cable engineer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885...

. The baronetcy was conferred on him in recognition of his services to the successful submersion of the Atlantic Cables of 1865 and 1866.

Gooch Baronets, of Benacre Hall (1746)

• Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (1681-1751)
• Sir Thomas Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1675-1754)
• Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet (c. 1721-1781)
• Sir Thomas Gooch, 4th Baronet (1745-1826)
• Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, 5th Baronet (1767-1851)
• Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, 6th Baronet (1802-1856)
• Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, 7th Baronet (1843-1872)
• Sir Francis Robert Sherlock Lambert Gooch, 8th Baronet (1850-1881)
• Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch, 9th Baronet (1851-1899)
• Sir Thomas Vere Sherlock Gooch, 10th Baronet (1881-1946)
• Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, 11th Baronet (1903-1978)
• Sir (Richard) John Sherlock Gooch, 12th Baronet (1930-1999)
• Sir Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch, 13th Baronet (1934-2008)
• Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet
  Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet
  Brigadier Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet DL, is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army...
  
   (born 1937)

Gooch Baronets, of Clewer Park (1866)

• Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (1816-1889)
• Sir Henry Daniel Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1841-1897)
• Sir Daniel Fulthorpe Gooch, 3rd Baronet (1869-1926)
• Sir Robert Douglas Gooch, 4th Baronet (1905-1989)
• Sir Trevor Sherlock Gooch, 5th Baronet (1915-2003)
• Sir Miles Peter Gooch, 6th Baronet (b. 1963)