 The weakest of the brothers was held to be Davidge Gould.Though Gould had been in action before, and had not disgraced himself at the Nile or previously, Lambert considered that his "wooden, unimaginative handling of his ship during the battle stood in stark contrast to the bold, decisive action of his fellow captains, and fell far below the standard that Nelson expected".Darby, Peyton and Gould were not invited to join Nelson's forces again.