John Gould (c.1695–1740), of Woodford, Essex, and Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, was a British politician who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

from 1729 to 1734. Gould was the eldest son of John Gould of Woodford, Essex, director and chairman of the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

and his wife Rachel Gelsthorp, daughter of Peter Gelsthorp, apothecary of London. He became a director of the East India Company in 1724 and on 21 August 1724, married Mary Bulkeley, daughter of William Bulkeley of Plaistow, Essex'. In 1728 he succeeded his uncle, Sir Nathaniel Gould. Gould was returned as

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(MP) for Shoreham at a by-election on 29 January 1729. He stood again at the

1734 British general election The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's incr ...

with the support of Walpole, but came bottom of the poll. Gould relinquished his post as Director of the East India Company in 1735 and in 1736 was appointed to the post of Inspector of outport customs accounts, which was worth £400 a year. He also succeeded his father in 1736. He died on 25 August 1740 leaving two sons. His younger brother was

Nathaniel Gould Nathaniel Gould (21 December 1857 – 25 July 1919), commonly known as Nat Gould, was a British novelist. History Gould was born at Manchester, Lancashire, the only surviving child of Nathaniel Gould, a tea merchant, and his wife Mary, ''née' ...

, MP for Wareham.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gould, John 1690s births 1740 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1727–1734