Background
Gooch was the son of Sir Thomas Vere Sherlock Gooch, 10th Baronet and Florence Meta Draper.
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Gooch was the son of Sir Thomas Vere Sherlock Gooch, 10th Baronet and Florence Meta Draper.
He was educated at Eton College.
After attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Gooch commissioned into the Life Guards. Between November 1942 and December 1944 he served as the Commanding Officer of the 1st Household Cavalry Regiment, and from 1944 to 1946 he was Colonel of the Household Cavalry. In 1950 he held the office of High Sheriff of Suffolk.
In 1963 was promoted to Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of the Corps, and in 1968 he became Lieutenant.
Together they had four children.
In 1946 he served as a member of East Suffolk County Council, and on the 7 July of that year he succeeded to his father"s baronetcy.