Background
Gooch was born to Thomas Gooch of Yarmouth, and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1691.
Gooch was born to Thomas Gooch of Yarmouth, and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1691.
He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1694, and Master of Arts
In 1698. He became chaplain to Henry Compton, Bishop of London, and preached at his funeral in 1713. Subsequently he was chaplain to Queen Anne, and rector of Street Clement Eastcheap and Street Martin Orgar. He was archdeacon of Essex from 1714 to 1737.
Gooch was Master of Gonville and Caius from 1716 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1717.
He became successively Bishop of Bristol in 1737, Bishop of Norwich in 1738, and Bishop of Ely in 1747. Gooch"s first wife was Mary Sherlock, daughter of William Sherlock.
They had a son, Sir Thomas Gooch, 3rd Baronet of Benacre.
