Guy Gaunt was educated at Melbourne Grammar School from 1881 to 1883.
14 Facts About Guy Gaunt
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Guy Gaunt's parents wanted him to become a lawyer, but he chose to go to sea.
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Guy Gaunt began training for the merchant navy, but transferred to the Royal Navy in 1885, one of the "hungry hundred" merchant navy officers who were commissioned via the supplementary list.
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Guy Gaunt served as a lieutenant on several vessels in the Pacific Ocean and saw action in the Philippines in 1897 and Samoa in 1901.
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Guy Gaunt was promoted on the retired list to rear admiral in October 1918, vice admiral in July 1924 and admiral in February 1928.
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Guy Gaunt first stood as a candidate for parliament at the 1918 general election.
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Guy Gaunt was the Liberal candidate for Leek and despite receiving the Coalition Coupon, he was unable to hold the seat.
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Guy Gaunt was elected as Unionist Member of Parliament for the Buckrose constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire at the 1922 general election, replacing the Liberal Algernon Moreing.
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Guy Gaunt resigned from the House of Commons in 1926, when he was cited as co-respondent in the divorce case between Sir Richard Cruise and his wife.
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Guy Gaunt married a widow, Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Worthington at Hong Kong in 1904.
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Guy Gaunt divorced him in 1927 following the scandal with Lady Cruise, and he retired to Tangier.
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Guy Gaunt later remarried on 1 December 1932 a 35-year-old widow, Sybil Victoria Joseph, nee Grant White and had two daughters.
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Guy Gaunt returned to live in Cobham, Surrey and died at Woking Hospital on 18 May 1953 and was cremated.
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Guy Gaunt's brother Ernest Gaunt was an admiral in the Royal Navy; his sister, Mary Gaunt, was a novelist.