Thomas William Goff

Thomas William Goff was an Irish Conservative politician.

Early life

He was a son of the Reverend Thomas Goff and the former Anne Caulfeild. His paternal grandparents were Robert Goff and Sarah Goff and his maternal grandparents were Commodore Thomas Gordon Caulfeild and Theodosia Caulfield.

Goff gained the rank of Captain in the 7th Dragoon Guards and held the office of High Sheriff of Roscommon, in 1858.
Goff was elected Conservative MP for Roscommon at the 1859 general election, but was unseated on petition in March the next year on the grounds of treating.

On 17 March 1863, Goff was married to Dorothea FitzClarence, a daughter of Sarah Elizabeth Catharine Gordon and Lord Augustus FitzClarence. Together, they lived at Oakport House in Roscommon, Ireland, and were the parents of:

Ethel Anne Goff, who married Henry de Courcy Agnew, a son of Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet of Lochnaw and Lady Mary Arabella Louisa Noel, in 1885. After his death, she married, secondly, Edmund Charrington in July 1911.
Muriel Helen Goff
Thomas Clarence Edward Goff, who held the office of High Sheriff of Roscommon in 1891; he married Lady Cecile Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, a daughter of Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster and Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon, in 1896.