Humphrey Gould

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. 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). 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. 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. 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. She was thus a first cousin of Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy, and niece of Sir George Julius and Awdry Julius.

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. Sir Charles Campbell, 12th Baronet of Auchinbreck was one of their godparents.

In 1953, Gould married Betty Ann (Betsy) Simson from Hawke's Bay, and the couple went on to have two children. With his older brother David, he won the coxless pair title at the New Zealand national rowing championships in 1948.

During the 1960s, Gould was a rowing coach and administrator for Canterbury and the University of Canterbury.