James Nutcombe Gould

Who was James Nutcombe Gould?

James Nutcombe Gould was an English stage actor.

He was the son of John Nutcombe Gould, a wealthy rector, and Katherine Emma née Grant, a daughter of Major-General James Grant. James had wanted to follow his father into the church. However, his stammer was so bad as to preclude this career. He worked as a bank clerk until he inherited sufficient wealth to marry well and to change career onto the stage, mostly in London. He took the stage name Nutcombe Gould and never suffered from his stammer on stage.

His name appears in the biography of Ellen Terry.