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Gould — Grattan.
GOULD or GOOLD, Sir HENRY.
Judge.
1644—1710.

Admitted 24 May, 1660.

Son and heir of Andrew Gould of Winsham, Somersetshire. He was called to the Bar 17 May, 1667, and made a Bencher 7 Feb. 1689. He became a Serjeant in 1692, King's Serjeant in the following year, and was raised to the King's Bench in 1699. As King's Serjeant he conducted the case for the bill of attainder against Sir John Fenwick in 1696. He died at his chambers in Serjeants' Inn on 16 March, 1710.


GOULD, Sir HENRY.
Judge.
1710—1794.

Admitted 16 May, 1728.

Son and heir of Davidge Gould of Sharpham Park, Somersetshire, who was also a member of the Inn (admitted 21 Nov. 1692) and grandson of Sir Henry Gould (q.v.). He was called to the Bar 13 June, 1734, and became a Bencher of the Inn and King's Counsel in 1754. He was made Serjeant-at-Law and raised to the Bench as a Baron of the Exchequer in 1761, and removed to the Common Pleas in 1763. Here he exercised judicial duties till his death 5 March, 1794.


GRANT, WILLIAM, LORD PRESTONGRANGE.
Judge.
About 1701—1764.

Admitted 7 February, 1720-1.

Second son of Sir Francis Grant of Cullen, co. Aberdeen, Bart. He was admitted as an Advocate at the Scotch Bar 24 Feb. 1722, and in 1731 became principal clerk to the General Assembly. In 1737 he was made Solicitor-General for Scotland, and in 1746 Lord Advocate. He was three times returned to Parliament for the Elgin Burghs, but vacated his seat as Lord of Session and of Justiciary in 1754, with the title of Lord Prestongrange. He died at Bath 23 May, 1764.

He wrote Remarks on the State of the Church of Scotland with respect to Patronages (1736, reprinted 1741), and is said to have written the Answer to the Second Manifesto of the Pretender's Son … containing Reflections upon the last Revolution and the present Rebellion (1745).


GRANTHAM, BARON. See ROBINSON, THOMAS.


GRANTLEY, BARON. See NORTON, FLETCHER.


GRATTAN, HENRY.
Irish Orator and Statesman.
1746—1820.

Admitted 7 March, 1767.

Eldest son of James Grattan, a member of the Inn (admitted 3 July, 1732), who was for many years Recorder of Dublin, in which city Henry was born. After a stay in London he returned to Dublin in 1772, and was called to the Irish Bar in Hilary term of that year. Three years later he entered the Irish Parliament. His career as a statesman from this period to his death belongs to the public history of the country. He strenuously advocated the legislative independence of his country, but when the Act of Union passed, he loyally accepted its provisions, and for a time represented an English constituency (Malton, 1805). Though a Protestant, he unceasingly advocated the claims of