Major-General Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Technically, Gooch only held the title of R
c. 1725 portrait
Gooch's American Marines in the attack on Fort San Lazaro at Cartagena in 1741
Gooch's American Regiment
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Gooch's American Regiment was a British Army regiment raised in the Thirteen Colonies in 1739 for service during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Formed from colonists recruited in British North America, the
Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet
…many military credentials, including fighting under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough in his campaigns in the Low Countries and as a colonel of Gooch's American Regiment with Admiral Edward Vernon in his expedition against Cartagena, New Grenada (now in Colombia), as part of the War of Jenkins' Ear. During King George's…
An illustration of the Battle of Cartagena de Indias