Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt
From The Dreadnought Project
Admiral Ernest Frederic Augustus Gaunt, K.C.B., K.B.E., C.M.G. (25 March, 1865 – 20 April, 1940) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
His brother, Guy Gaunt, also rose to Flag Rank. His sister was the noted author Mary Gaunt. His son, John Gaunt (1905–1970) was a leading South Rhodesian politician during the 1960s.
"One day an enormous parcel arrived from Australia. The good ladies of Melbourne had stitched the most enormous Rear-Admiral's flag [to] be flown in action. Father thanked [them] profusely but the last thing he intended to do, as Nelson almost did, [was] to advertise his ship's presence so the beautiful silk flag was never used."1
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- Sheila de Moleyns. Tape recording in possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
