Career
Born at Market Lavington, Wiltshire, on 15 March 1762, and educated at the grammar school of West Lavington, under the care of the Review Mr. Marks. He then moved to the curacy of Botley, near Southampton. Gauntlett left Botley in 1804 for the curacy of Wellington, Shropshire, which he occupied for a year, and then took charge of a chapel at Reading, Berkshire, not under episcopal jurisdiction.
After two years" time he moved to the curacy of Nettlebed and Pishill, Oxfordshire.
And then in 1811 to Olney, Buckinghamshire. In 1815 the vicar of Olney died, and Gauntlett obtained the living, which he held till his death in 1833.
Gauntlett married Arabella, the daughter of Edward Davies, rector of Coychurch, Glamorganshire in 1800. Their son Henry John Gauntlett was known as a composer.
Their daughter Matilda married William Pole.
