Career
Gould owned shipbuilding yards in Shoreham and also contributed to the rebuilding of the market house at Shoreham. He held the seat until May 1708 and was re-elected in 1710. This time he retained the seat until his death in 1728 although his elections often gave rise to petitions on the grounds of bribery or intimidation.
Gould was also a Governor of the Bank of England from 1711 to 1713 at the time when the South Sea Company was founded.
He had earlier served as its Deputy Governor. He was knighted in 1721.
Gould married Frances, daughter of Sir John Hartopp, 3rd Baronet and granddaughter of Charles Fleetwood. he lived at Fleetwood House, Stoke Newington but also owned property at New Shoreham. He died aged 66.