Birth and Marriage
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. In 21st century dollars, the amount equates to approximately $900,000/year, and was said to have been 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.
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