Brigadier Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet, Doctor of Laws is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army.
Background
Gooch is descended from Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, Royal Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749, for whom Goochland County, Virginia is named. The son of Colonel Brian Sherlock Gooch Defence Science Organisation Territorial Decoration and of Monica Mary (née Heywood), Gooch was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, before serving in The Life Guards, the senior regiment of the British Army, which he commanded from 1978 to 1981.
Education
Eton College; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Career
He was also an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth World War II Lady Gooch has served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire. On 14 March 1989, Gooch was appointed as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II, replacing Brigadier Robert Baddeley. He was Honorary Colonel of the Kent and County of London Yeomanry from 1992 to 1999 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire in 1999.
Membership
He is a member of the Army and Navy Club and lives at Chitterne, Wiltshire.