Constituency Dates
Dorchester [1679 (Mar.)], [1679 (Oct.)]1New writ.
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis [1690] – by28 Apr. 1691
Family and Education
b. 16 Mar. 1635, 3rd s. of John Gould of Upwey, merchant, by Sarah, da. of William Every of Cothays, Som. m. 9 Jan. 1667, Elizabeth (d. 1724), da. of Benjamin Bale of Seaborough, Dorset, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.2 Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 842; Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Soc. Procs. liii. 130, 142.
Offices Held

Mayor, Dorchester 1680–1.3 Hutchins, 354.

Address
Main residences: Lime Street, London; Upwey, Dorset.
biography text

A merchant, Gould had maintained his interests in Dorset and owned property there. Gould first entered Parliament on his cousin James Gould’s* interest in 1679, when he supported Exclusion. He was returned for Weymouth in 1690, being listed as a Whig by Lord Carmarthen (Sir Thomas Osborne†) but had died before 28 Apr. 1691 when a new writ was issued.4 Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Soc. Procs. 115, 124, 130.

Author
P.W.
S.M.W.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Notes
  • 1. New writ.
  • 2. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 842; Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Soc. Procs. liii. 130, 142.
  • 3. Hutchins, 354.
  • 4. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Soc. Procs. 115, 124, 130.