Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779-1869), Field Marshal
Sitter in 12 portraits
Having joined the Army at the age of fifteen, Gough served initially at the Cape of Good Hope and the West Indies. In 1809, he was called to take part in the Peninsular War and, joining the army under Wellington, commanded his regiment. He was afterwards promoted Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1837, he was appointed to command a division of the Madras army in India; four years later he was sent to command the British troops in the First Opium War. After the conclusion of the war in 1842, Gough was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the forces in India where he saw action in the Anglo-Sikh Wars.
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Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 5 February 1861
NPG x45081
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1850s?
NPG Ax7332
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 5 February 1861
NPG Ax51448
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by John Richardson Jackson, published by Graves and Warmsley
mezzotint, published 2 May 1842
NPG D34644
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by John Richardson Jackson
mezzotint, 1842
NPG D34646
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by John Richardson Jackson, published by Henry Graves & Co.
mezzotint, published 6 June 1849
NPG D34645
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, published by Thacker & Co, published by Andrew's Library, after C. Grant
lithograph, 1850s
NPG D34647
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