Humphrey Gould
{{short description|New Zealand rower}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2019}}
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| name = Humphrey Gould
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| fullname = Arthur Humphrey Gould
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|08|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|09|19|1927|08|30|df=y}}
| death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
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| education = Christ's College
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| occupation = Businessman
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| spouse = {{marriage|Betsy Simson|1953}}
| relatives = David Gould (brother)
George Gould (grandfather)
{{nowrap|Edward Elworthy (great-grandfather)}}
Churchill Julius (great-grandfather)
Awdry Julius (great-uncle)
George Julius (great-uncle)
| country = New Zealand
| sport = Rowing
| club = Avon Rowing Club
| coach = Rangi Thompson
| nationals = Coxless pair champion (1948)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1950 Auckland| Coxless pair}}
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Arthur Humphrey Gould (30 August 1927 – 19 September 2000) was a New Zealand rower who won a silver medal representing his country in the men's coxless pair with his brother, David, at the 1950 British Empire Games. Humphrey Gould was also a prominent businessman in Christchurch, rising to become managing director of the stock and station firm Pyne Gould Guinness.
Early life and family
Born in Christchurch on 30 August 1927, Gould came from a well-connected Canterbury family.{{cite news | title=Big man 'big in personality' | date=28 September 2000 | work=New Zealand Herald | page=7 | first=Mike | last=Crean}} His father was Derrick William Joseph Gould, a prominent businessman, racehorse owner and captain of the New Zealand polo team, and his mother was Elisabeth Mary Gould (née Elworthy).{{cite web |url=http://www.thekingscandlesticks.com/webs/pedigrees/606.html |title=Arthur Humphrey Gould |date=7 January 2019 |website=The Kings Candle Sticks |access-date=28 January 2019}}{{cite book |editor-last=Petersen |editor-first=G.C. |editor-link=George Petersen (historian) |title=Who's Who in New Zealand |year=1961 |edition=7th |publisher=A.W. & A.W. Reed |location=Wellington |page=139}} His paternal grandfather was George Gould, whose father, also called George Gould, was one of the founders in 1851 of the financial agents Gould Beaumont and Company that in 1919 amalgamated with two other firms to become Pyne Gould Guinness, one of New Zealand's largest stock and station agents.{{DNZB |title=Gould, George |first=Geoffrey W. |last=Rice |id=4g16 |access-date=28 January 2019}} Other notable relatives on his father's side of the family include his father's cousin, the historian George Macdonald, and former British Labour MP Bryan Gould, who is a descendant of the elder George Gould.{{cite web |url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Cemeteries/Barbadoes/BarbadoesStreetCemetery.pdf |title=Barbadoes Street Cemetery tour |date=June 2007 |website=Christchurch City Libraries |first=Richard L.N. |last=Greenaway |access-date=28 January 2019}} Humphrey's mother was a granddaughter of both Churchill Julius, the first Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand, and Edward Elworthy, an important landowner in South Canterbury.{{cite web |url=http://www.thekingscandlesticks.com/webs/pedigrees/602.html |title=Elisabeth (Betty) Mary Elworthy |date=7 January 2019 |website=The Kings Candle Sticks |access-date=28 January 2019}} She was thus a first cousin of Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy,{{cite web |url=http://www.thekingscandlesticks.com/webs/pedigrees/614.html |title=Lord Samuel (Sam) Charles Elworthy Bt. Kt. |date=7 January 2019 |website=The Kings Candle Sticks |access-date=28 January 2019}} and niece of Sir George Julius and Awdry Julius.{{cite web |url=http://www.thekingscandlesticks.com/webs/pedigrees/56.html |title=Archbishop Churchill Julius DD |date=7 January 2019 |website=The Kings Candle Sticks |access-date=28 January 2019}}
On 25 October 1927, Humphrey Gould and his twin brother, Robin, were baptised by their great-grandfather, Archbishop Julius, at St Barnabas's Church, Fendalton.{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19271026.2.9 | title=Christening party | date=26 October 1927 | work=The Press | access-date=27 January 2019 | page=2}} Sir Charles Campbell, 12th Baronet of Auchinbreck was one of their godparents. Gould was educated at Christ's College from 1941 to 1945, where he was a prefect, captain of the rowing team, and played as a lock in the school's 1st XV rugby team.{{cite web |url=https://christscollege.com/old-boys/member-directory/ |title=Member directory: school number 5036 |publisher=Christ's College |access-date=28 January 2019 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402131507/https://christscollege.com/old-boys/member-directory/ |url-status=dead }}
In 1953, Gould married Betty Ann (Betsy) Simson from Hawke's Bay, and the couple went on to have two children.
Rowing
Gould was a member of the Avon Rowing Club.{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIKIN19490225.2.25 | title=Former oarsmen now living in Cambridge | date=25 February 1949 | work=Waikato Independent | access-date=28 January 2019 | page=5}} With his older brother David, he won the coxless pair title at the New Zealand national rowing championships in 1948. The following year, they did not defend their title at the national championships, but instead were members of Avon's crews in the fours and eights; combining with the Lindstrom brothers, they were runners-up in the fours. At the 1950 British Empire Games, raced at Lake Karapiro, Gould again joined with his brother David to contest the men's coxless pair. Coached by Rangi Thompson, they won the silver medal, finishing in a time of 8:10, four lengths behind the victorious Australian crew.{{cite journal |title=Empire Games 1950 souvenir issue |journal=New Zealand Sportsman |volume=4 |issue=8 |date=8 March 1950 |page=47}}
During the 1960s, Gould was a rowing coach and administrator for Canterbury and the University of Canterbury.
Business
After leaving school, Gould joined the family firm, Pyne Gould Guinness, beginning as a mailboy, and working his way up to become managing director in 1973. He also served on the boards of various companies, including Mount Cook Group, and The Press from 1984 to 1987.
Other activities
Gould served as treasurer of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association between 1963 and 1977, and was the organisation's president in 1978. He was also a committee member at the Canterbury Jockey Club, and was one of the founders of the Christchurch Squash Club. He became the honorary consul of Sweden in Christchurch in 1981.
Death
Gould died in Christchurch on 19 September 2000. His wife, Betsy, died on 10 April 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.amemorytree.co.nz/personnotices.php?personid=193776 |title=Published notices for Betty Ann Gould |website=A Memory Tree |access-date=28 January 2019}}
References
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{{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}
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Category:Rowers from Christchurch
Category:People educated at Christ's College, Christchurch
Category:New Zealand male rowers
Category:Rowers at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
Category:New Zealand stock and station agents
Category:20th-century New Zealand businesspeople