Edward Gould

Career

The cats were shown at The Crystal Palace in 1885. Gould started his career as a junior interpreter in Siam (modern days Thailand) on 20 January 1868. Shortly after, he became first and later on second assistant on 1 May 1878.

He became Consul in Siam on 27 November 1885 before being transferred to Portuguese Said, Egypt on 13 August 1891 and then Consul General in Alexandria on 1 November 1897.

He retired on 3 November 1909 and died seven years later in 1916 at his home in Devon.

Achievements

• Gould was the first to bring Siamese cats to Europe in 1884 when he brought a pair of these cats back to Britain for his sister, Lilian Jane Gould, who went on to be co-founder of the Siamese Cat Club in 1901.