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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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“Like many another romance, the romance of the family turns sour when the money runs out. If we really cared about families, we would not let “born again” patriarchs send up moral abstractions as a smokescreen for the scandal of American family economics.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)
“Q: What would have made a family and career easier for you?
A: Being born a man.”
—Anonymous Mother, U.S. physician and mother of four. As quoted in Women and the Work Family Dilemma, by Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker, ch. 2 (1993)
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—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)