Thomas Gooch

The Rt Rev. Sir Thomas Gooch BA MA D.D.
2nd Baronet Gooch, of Benacre Hall, Suffolk Bishop of Ely
In office	1748–1754
Personal details
Born	1674
Died	14 February 1754
Parents	Thomas Gooch and Frances Lone
Spouse	Mary Sherlock, Hannah Miller, Mary Compton
Children	Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet Reverend John Gooch
Previous post	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Bishop of Norwich, Bishop of Bristol
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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The Right Reverend Sir Thomas Gooch, 2nd Baronet (1674–1754) was an English bishop.

Life

Gooch was born to Thomas Gooch of Yarmouth, and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1691. He graduated B.A. in 1694, and M.A. in 1698.^[1][2] He became chaplain to Henry Compton, Bishop of London, and preached at his funeral in 1713. Subsequently he was chaplain to Queen Anne, and rector of St Clement Eastcheap and St Martin Orgar. He was archdeacon of Essex from 1714 to 1737.^[2][3]

Gooch was Master of Gonville and Caius from 1716 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1717. He became successively Bishop of Bristol in 1737, Bishop of Norwich in 1738, and Bishop of Ely in 1747. In 1751 he inherited the title of baronet from his brother Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet.^[2]

Gooch's first wife was Mary Sherlock, daughter of William Sherlock. They had a son, Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet of Benacre.^[4] He married twice more.^[2] He died at Ely Palace, and was buried in the chapel at Gonville and Caius, where there a monument to him on the south wall.^[2][5]

References

1. "Gooch, Thomas (GC691T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. Dictionary of National Biography, article Gooch, Sir Thomas.
3. "Archdeacons: Essex". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
4. Edward Vere Nicoll. "Family - The Benacre Estate". benacre.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
5. http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/college/chapel/guide.php