Family
General Gough was the son of Judge George Gough and Charlotte Margaret Becher. He was brother to General Sir Charles J.S. Gough, VC, and uncle of the World War I commanders General Sir Hubert Gough and Brigadier General Sir John Edmund Gough, VC. He was the grandson of Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Gough. His daughter, Charlotte Elise Gough (died 17 August 1942), married the World War I commander Lt-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson, by whom she had three children:
- Arthur Henry Maitland Wilson, b 22 January 1885, accidentally killed 29 January 1918.
- Hugh Maitland Wilson, 6 April 1886.
- Muriel Maitland Wilson, died unmarried 25 June 1950.
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