Howard Gould

Howard Gould (June 8, 1871 - September 13, 1959) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould.

He was the son of Jay Gould (1836-1892) and Helen Day Miller (1838-1889).

He married Katherine Clemmons (c1880-1930) on October 12, 1898. She was an actress whose career had been heavily subsidized by William F. Cody. They divorced in 1909 and Howard charged her with infidelity, naming Cody. In spite of the allegations leveled at his wife in the divorce proceedings, Gould was ordered to pay $36,000 per year in alimony (approximately $960,000 today). It was the largest alimony settlement ordered up to that time.

In 1937, he married the actress Grete Mosheim in London, having previously been a financier/producer on at least one of her London stage appearances. They divorced in 1947.

Gould died on September 13, 1959, aged 88, at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan, New York City. He was buried in the Jay Gould Mausoleum, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.

Howard Gould purchased undeveloped land in Sands Point to build a new home for his wife, Katherine Clemmons. After Howard and Katherine separated in 1909, he continued to build the estate, using Hunt & Hunt to design an English Tudor style mansion. The 40 room house, one of the most elaborate of the Gold Coast of Long Island estates, is 225 feet (69 m) long and 125 feet (38 m) wide, with an 80-foot (24 m) tower. The first and second floors measure over 1 and 1/2 acres. Howard moved to Europe in 1917 and sold the estate to Daniel Guggenheim and his family. The estate, which had cost Gould over $1 million, sold for only $600,000, including the furnishing. Gould also owned a 272-foot (83 m) yacht, Niagara, where he installed in 1912 a Welte Philharmonic Organ.

• 1871 Birth of Howard Gould
• 1898 Marriage to Katherine Clemmons
• 1907 Start of divorce
• 1909 Divorce final
• 1917 Move to Europe
• 1930 Death of Katherine Clemmons
• 1937 Second marriage, to Grete Mosheim
• 1947 Divorce from Grete Mosheim
• 1959 Death of Howard Gould