Sir Hugh Gough

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Also Known As	Baron Gough • 1st Viscount Gough
Born	November 3, 1779 • Limerick • Ireland
Died	March 2, 1869 (aged 89) • near Dublin • Ireland
Role In	First Opium War • Peninsular War • Second Sikh War • Opium Wars • Sikh Wars

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