[1] Gough was educated at Abberley Hall School and Winchester College.

[2] He served as an officer in the Irish Guards (Household Division, British Army),[1] following in family tradition.

Gough was Prior of the Grand Bailiwick of Scotland in the Order of Saint Lazarus.

[6] The order aims to relieve the suffering of the sick and disadvantaged, with a particular emphasis on charitable support for those working for the relief and cure of leprosy.

[7] As he had no issue, nor any male cousins eligible to succeed to his titles,[8] they became extinct upon his death.