Nathaniel Gould (1661–1728)

[1] He was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in 1701 when he was unseated for bribery (having handed out a guinea a man) and then re-elected.

[2] This time he retained the seat until his death in 1728[3] although his elections often gave rise to petitions on the grounds of bribery or intimidation.

[1] Gould was also Governor of the Bank of England from 1711 to 1713[4] at the time when the South Sea Company was founded.

Gould married Frances, daughter of Sir John Hartopp, 3rd Baronet and granddaughter of Charles Fleetwood.

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