Timothy Gould 1944-2023

Timothy Gould was born in 1944 in Harrogate. He moved to Sevenoaks in 1951 where he boarded at The New Beacon School, which was to play a special and significant role throughout his life. He subsequently attended Sevenoaks School (Hardinge 1957-63), then Trinity College Dublin where he studied Mathematics. Tim started working in insurance as a Risk Assessor with Sedgwick’s in the City of London, then moved to AIG. He travelled all over the world with work including Hong Kong, Jordon, USA, Philippines and Chile. Towards the end of his career, Tim moved to Heath Lambert and then more local companies in and around Sevenoaks.

A keen and talented sportsman, Tim gained full colours at Sevenoaks School playing rugby and went on to play for England Schoolboys, Harlequins and Saracens. He played cricket (which secured him his job with Sedgwick’s) and golf, and enjoyed sailing, swimming, athletics, skiing and bobsleigh (which he did while at Sevenoaks). He was a member of several local clubs including Knole Park Golf Club, Chipstead Sailing Club and Holmesdale Cricket Club. Later, he shared his love of sport with his family taking active holidays in Cornwall, Switzerland and the South of France.

He met Judith Dance following an old boy’s cricket match at The New Beacon School where she was the matron. They married in the school’s St George’s Chapel in 1980. The chapel was also where their three children and, later, grandchildren were christened, and where both Judy’s memorial in 1996 and Tim’s recent memorial were held.

Tim lived at Silverley in Oakhill Road for 70 years, which his father had built and where he grew up, as did his children. He moved to Sackville Place for the last few months of his life. He was a fantastic father to Sophie, Annabelle and Emily, and dearly loved grandfather to Caspar, Pip, Thisbe and William.

Sophie Duncan