A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gould, William
GOULD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 23.)
William Gould was born 4 Sept. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1805, as First-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40, Capts. Hon. Chas. Paget and Edw. Durnford King, from which frigate, after assisting at the siege and evacuation of the strong fortress of Gaeta, he removed, in Aug. 1806, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. John Stewart. Joining soon afterwards the Liberty 14, Lieut.-Commander John Codd, he proceeded to the West Indies, where he served at the capture of Marie-galante in March, 1808, and commanded one of the boats of a squadron in an unsuccessful attempt to cut out a French corvette moored to the shore at St. Pierre’s, Martinique. After contributing, in the Neptune 98, to the reduction of the latter island, Mr. Gould rejoined Lieut. Codd in the Liberty, and he afterwards served with him in the Espiègle 18, on the Plymouth station, until transferred, in Jan. 1811, to the Foxhound, Capt. John Parish, also employed on Home duty. From Dec. 1814 until 11 Feb. 1815 he appears to have been confined as a patient to Haslar Hospital. He was promoted on the latter date to the rank of Lieutenant, and, on 25 Nov. 1834, was appointed to the Coast Guard. He left that service in the early part of 1836, but has been again emploved in it since 21 Nov. 1839.
Lieut. Gould served at Salisbury as a Special Constable during the riots of 1830, and was strongly recommended to Government for the active part he took in their suppression.