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Gault (surname)
Notable people with the surname Gault are: ;In politics * Andrew Hamilton Gault (1882–1958), Canadian army officer and MP in the UK parliament * Daniel Gault (1842–1912), Oregon politician * Matthew Hamilton Gault (1822–1887), Canadian politician ;In sport * David Gault (born 1976), Australian footballer * Don Gault (born 1946), American football player * Ernie Gault (1889–1980), English footballer * Georges Gault, French tennis player * Michael Gault (born 1983), Northern Ireland football player * Mick Gault, English competitive shooter * Willie Gault (born 1960), American football player ;In other fields * Alma Elizabeth Gault (1891–1981), American nursing administrator * Annabel Gault (born 1952), British artist * Andrew Frederick Gault (1833–1903), Ulster-born Canadian merchant, industrialist, and philanthropist * Henri Gault (1929–2000), co-founder of Gault Millau restaurant guides * Sir James Frederick Gault (1902–1977), British brigadier and military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Gault
Andrew Hamilton Gault (18 August 1882 – 28 November 1958) was a Canadian Army officer and British politician. At his own expense, he raised the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the last privately raised regiment in the British Empire. Hatch Court in Somerset today once housed a small museum commemorating Gault's military career. From 1924 to 1935 he was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Taunton, Somerset. Returning to Quebec after World War II, Gault vigilantly defended his estate of Mont Saint-Hilaire from expropriation by mining interests and bequeathed it to McGill University to help ensure its preservation. Early life Known as 'Hammie', Gault was born in England, the only son of a native of Strabane, Andrew Frederick Gault (1833–1903), of Rokeby in Montreal's Golden Square Mile; and his wife Louise Sarah Harman (1847–1937), daughter of Henry B. Harman, of Surrey. His middle name, which he used as his first, was for his paternal grandmother's famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Frederick Gault
Andrew Frederick Gault (14 April 1833 – 7 July 1903) was an Ulster-born Canadian merchant, industrialist, and philanthropist known as the Cotton King of Canada. Born in Strabane, Ireland, Gault was the youngest son of Leslie Gault, an Anglo-Irish merchant and shipowner in County Tyrone and his wife Mary Hamilton. His mother was from an old family in County Donegal His father was a general trader in Strabane who branched out into shipping, sending emigrant ships to New Brunswick and the United States, to return with timber and grain. In 1841 Leslie Gault lost three ships at sea and also lost money on grain and timber, due to falling markets. In 1842 he himself emigrated with his family to Lower Canada to make a fresh start in Montreal, the mercantile centre of British North America, but nine months later he died of cholera. His widow returned to Ireland. Their son, Mathew Hamilton Gault, aged twenty, took control of the business in Montreal, while Andrew Gault attended the new High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Gault
''Captain Gault'' is a fictional sea captain created by English writer William Hope Hodgson. Many of the Captain Gault stories were collected in the book ''Captain Gault, Being the Exceedingly Private Log of a Sea-Captain'', published in 1917. Notes on the series Captain Gault seems to be a captain for hire, and operates a different ship in each of the stories. Some take place in England, some in the United States, some in Havanna, and some in Europe. Gault himself is a morally ambiguous character who follows the pattern of many famous fictional criminals: although a law-breaker (he seems primarily interested in making money), he proves also to have a strict moral code. As the series progresses, we learn tantalizing bits of information about Captain Gault: he seems to be highly placed in a secret society; he has occult knowledge about arcane religious artifacts; he seems to be very knowledgeable about gemstones; he is a skilled amateur painter. In general, he reveals himself to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Lucy Gault
''The Story of Lucy Gault'' is a novel written by William Trevor in 2002. The book is divided into three sections: the childhood, middle age and older times of the girl, Lucy. The story takes place in Ireland during the transition to the 21st century. It follows the protagonist Lucy and her immediate contacts. The book was shortlisted for the Booker and Whitbread Prizes in 2002. Plot summary It begins with Lucy, on a night in 1921. She is the only child of an Anglo-Irish land owner on the coast of County Cork. It starts during the Irish War of Independence, when Loyalist Protestant landowners caught in the battle between the IRA and the British army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ... had their houses burned. The place is under martial law and Captain Gault is distu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Campbell Gault
William Campbell Gault (1910–1995) was an American writer. He wrote under his own name, and as Roney Scott and Will Duke, among other pseudonyms. He is probably best remembered for his sports fiction, particularly the young-readers' novels he began publishing in the early 1960s, and for his crime fiction. He contributed to a wide range of pulp magazines, particularly to the sports pulps, where he was considered one of the best writers in the field. Damon Knight, noted science fiction critic and one-time editor of ''Popular Publications'', wrote the following about Gault's sports fiction: I liked the characterization in those stories; I liked the description; I liked the fist fights; I liked the love interest. I like everything about them, except what they were all about. Gault won the 1953 Edgar Award for Best First Novel for his crime fiction novel, ''Don't Cry for Me'' (1952). He won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Paperback Original in 1983 for ''The Cana Diversion'' and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gault
Sir Thomas Munro Gault (, 31 October 1938 – 19 May 2015) was a New Zealand jurist. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom as well as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. He was also a justice of the Supreme Court of Fiji. Gault attended Wellington College and graduated with a Master of Laws degree from Victoria University of Wellington. After graduation, he was a member of the law firm A J Park & Son for 20 years. In 1981, he began practising as a barrister sole, and in 1984 he was appointed a Queen's Counsel. His first appointment to the bench was as a Judge of the High Court in 1987, followed three years later by being made a member of the Court of Appeal. He was appointed President of the Court of Appeal in May 2002. In the 2001 New Year Honours, Gault was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary. In the 2009 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Gault
Stanley Carleton Gault (January 6, 1926 – June 29, 2016) was an American businessman. Early life and education He was born on January 6, 1926, in Wooster, Ohio, to Clyde and Asenath Gault. He graduated from the College of Wooster in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in geology, and remained as Chairman Emeritus of the Board. While studying at the College of Wooster, he served in the Army Air Corps as a B-29 gunner during World War II. Career Gault spent 31 years with General Electric in various positions, including being head of G.E.'s consumer products division and later its industrial products division. In 1979, he was named Chairman of the Board and CEO of Rubbermaid. After taking over at Rubbermaid, Gault removed all but two managers at the company and reorganized it. He led the company through a series of divestitures and strategic investments that increased the company's profitability. While he stripped weak product lines and slashed excess cost, he invested in new product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Gault
Steven Gault (born 1973) is a Canadian outlaw biker and police informer who played a key role in the Ontario Provincial Police's (OPP) Project Tandem operation against the Hells Angels between 2005 and 2006. Informer Gault was born in North Bay and dropped out of high school in grade 10. In 2008, Gault testified that he started working as a police informer in 1990 at the age of 17 as he became involved in various criminal activities while at the same time informing on his associates. Gault stated: "I was just providing information to them he policefor money about drug dealing operations in the area". When asked by the Crown Attorney Mitchell Flagg "Other than the money, was there any other reason that you provided information to the police when you were a teenager?", Gault flatly replied "No". Gault was first convicted of a criminal offense at the age of 17. Gault became a member together several of his relatives of a nomadic band known variously as "the Travelers" or "the Wand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gault
John Gault was an American entrepreneur and inventor who created the encased postage stamp. Gault used these encased postage stamps as a means to solve a coin shortage during the American Civil War, Civil War as well as ultimately profit from their sale. Encased postage stamp In 1862, Gault and the American population were faced with a shortage of coins. The government reacted first to this problem by passing a law on July 17, 1862 that allowed postage stamps to be used to pay off debts to the government as long as they were under $5. Stamps were accepted as having value across the US because they were evidence of having paid for postage. This remedial law was only a temporary solution due to the fragile nature of a thin, paper postage stamp.“Ayer’s Encased Postage.” 2011. Accessed 20 Postag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Frederick Gault
Brigadier Sir James Frederick Gault (26 June 1902 – 14 January 1977) was a British brigadier and military assistant to General Dwight Eisenhower in the UK during World War II. James Gault was the son of Leslie Hamilton Gault (1855–1922) and Marion Anderson (1857–1939), one of five children. He was the grandson of Matthew Hamilton Gault. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge."Gault, Brig. Sir James (Frederick), (26 June 1902–14 Jan. 1977)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO Gault was a member of the Scots Guards regiment and served in the Middle East (Egypt and Libya). He was made an Order of the British Empire, MBE in 1941, a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1943, an Order of the British Empire, OBE in 1946, and a Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG in 1952. James Gault married Elizabeth Pamela Audrey Luby (died 1989), former wife of George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend. References 1902 births 1977 deaths People educated at Eton Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
