Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
(1779-1869)
British field marshal
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Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, KP GCB GCSI PC (3 November 1779 – 2 March 1869) was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer at the seizure of the Cape of Good Hope during the French Revolutionary Wars, Gough commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot during the Peninsular War. After serving as commander-in-chief of the British forces in China during the First Opium War, he became Commander-in-Chief, India and led the British forces in action against the Mahrattas defeating them decisively at the conclusion of the Gwalior Campaign and then commanded the troops that defeated the Sikhs during both the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
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3 November 1779 Limerick, Ireland
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2 March 1869 (aged 89)
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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