Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe
Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe, known until 1796 as Sir Henry Gough, 2nd Baronet, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1796 when he was raised to the peerage.Early life
Gough was the son of Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet, by his first wife Barbara Calthorpe, the only daughter of Reynolds Calthorpe of Hampshire. On 8 June 1774 he succeeded to his father's title and estates.Political career
In the 1774 general election, Gough was returned as the Member of Parliament for Bramber, a rotten borough controlled by his family. He was returned again in 1780 and 1784. He took the additional surname of Calthorpe by royal licence in 1788 on succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle, Sir Henry Calthorpe. He was returned again for Bramber in 1790. On 16 January 1796, he was created Baron Calthorpe, of Calthorpe in the County of Norfolk, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and gave up his seat in the House of Commons.Family
On 1 May 1783, Gough-Calthorpe married Frances Carpenter, the second daughter and co-heiress of General Benjamin Carpenter. They had eight children:
The first baron was succeeded in the baronetcy, his eldest son having predeceased him, by his next three sons in turn.Arms
