Sir Francis Carruthers Gould (2 December 1844 – 1925) was a British

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and

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, born in

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. He published as F. Carruthers Gould and signed his cartoons FCG.

Biography

Gould was the son of Richard Davie Gould (c. 1816-1900), a Barnstaple architect, and his wife Judith Carruthers (née Ford). Although in early youth he showed great love of drawing, he began life in a bank and then joined the

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, where he constantly sketched the members and illustrated important events in the financial world; many of these drawings were reproduced by

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and published for private circulation. In 1879 he began the regular illustration of the Christmas numbers of ''

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'', and in 1887 he became a contributor to the '' Pall Mall Gazette'', transferring his allegiance to the '' Westminster Gazette'' on its foundation and subsequently acting as assistant editor. Among his independent publications are ''Who killed Cock Robin?'' (1897), ''Tales told in the Zoo'' (1900), two volumes of '' Froissart's Modern Chronicles'' (1902 and 1903), and ''Picture Politics'' — a periodical reprint of his ''Westminster Gazette'' cartoons, one of the most noteworthy implements of political warfare in the armoury of the Liberal Party. With Sir Wilfrid Lawson he published ''Cartoons in Rhyme and Line'' (1905). Frequently grafting his ideas onto subjects taken freely from ''

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'', ''

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'', and the works of Dickens and

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, Gould used these literary vehicles with extraordinary dexterity and

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. He was knighted in 1906. Unpublished manuscripts and biographical material are in the

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historical collections, kept in the House of Lords Record Office. Carruthers Gould was responsible for designing eleven (11) Toby jugs of

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/ref> His eldest son, Alexander, became a noted artist.

Bibliography

*Geake, Charles, and F. Carruthers Gould (2010) ''

John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland ''John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland'' is a novel by Charles Geake and Francis Carruthers Gould, written in 1904 and published by Methuen & Co. of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, ''Alice's Adventu ...

''. Evertype. *Munro, H. H. (Saki). (1902) ''The Westminster Alice''. Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould. London: Westminster Gazette.

References

Sources

* "Some Men Who Made Barnstaple..." by Pauline Brain 2010 (his family and ancestry). *

External links

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Frances Carruthers Gould & Benjamin Stone - UK Parliament Living Heritage
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