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Sir William Gooch (1681–1751) Primary Sources. Birth and death dates from funerary monument in Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, England, as printed in Henry Swinden, The History and Antiquities of the Ancient Burgh of Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk (1772), 875
called Sir William Gooch (1681-1751) Artist: Unknown. Date: probably 1720s-1740s. Sir William Gooch was appointed the lieutenant governor of Virginia (1727-1749) after a successful military career in the British Army. He returned to England in 1749.
William Gooch, a native of Scotland and an officer in the British. army, assumed his duties as governor of Virginia on September 8, 1727. Whether his administration was to be satisfactory both to the. colonists and to the home government depended very largely upon Gooch himself.
Sir William Gooch (gōōch), 1681–1751, colonial governor of Virginia (1727–49), b. Yarmouth, England. He came to Virginia after distinguished service with the British army. Nominally, Gooch was only lieutenant governor, but he was in fact the real chief executive in the colony for 22 years.
GOVERNOR WILLIAM GOOCH, A FAITHFUL TRUSTEE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD by Edward M. Riley. When the new Lt. Lieutenant — Governor came to Virginia in September, 1727, he was welcomed with special ceremony because a new King was honored at the same time: Commissions were read in the General Court Room of the Capitol and formal oaths of office were administered in the Council Chamber.
The Death of William Gooch: A History's Anthropology (review) Kenneth M. George; Biography; University of Hawai'i Press; Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 1997; pp. 209-210; 10.1353/bio.2010.0055; Review
Greg Dening. Melbourne University Publish, 1995 - History - 191 pages. William Gooch died at Waimea on the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian chain. Pahupu, Hawaiian warriors 'cut-in-two' by their...
