dacious, of 74 guns; but nothing worth recording appears to have taken place until the summer of 1798, when he accompanied Sir Horatio Nelson, in quest of the formidable armament which had sailed from Toulon under General Buonaparte, on the 20th May.
An account of the famous battle fought in Aboukir Bay has already been given in our memoir of Sir James Saumarez[1]. We therefore content ourselves with observing, that the Audacious was the fourth ship that doubled the van of the French line, and brought up on the Conquerant’s bow, where Captain Gould commenced a spirited and galling fire. After the action he proceeded down the Mediterranean, in company with the division under Sir James Saumarez, and part of the prizes. The loss sustained by the Audacious was 1 man killed, and 35 wounded. She was afterwards employed in the blockade of Malta, and assisted at the capture of the Genereux, of 74 guns, Feb. 18, 1800[2], at the latter end of which year she returned to England.
In the spring of J801, Captain Gould was appointed to the Majestic, a third rate, attached to the Channel fleet. Early in the following year, he was ordered to the West Indies; from whence he returned in the ensuing autumn, and the Majestic was paid off at Plymouth on the 3d of October.
The last ship Captain Gould commanded was the Windsor Castle, of 98 guns, stationed off Brest during the years 1804 and 1805. He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Oct. 2, 1807; became a Vice-Admiral, July 31, 1810; and on the 7th June, 1815, was nominated a K.C.B.
Sir Davidge married, June 20, 1803, the eldest daughter of the Rev. Archdeacon Willes.
