Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough

British field marshal

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1779

Place of Birth: Limerick, Munster, Ireland

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1869

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, (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 Marathas 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.