Brigadier General Andrew Hamilton Gault, DSO, MP

Brigadier General Andrew Hamilton Gault DSO, MP (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 (the home he purchased from the aunt of his second wife) today houses 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.

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 21 2017, 7:37:51 UTC
• Immigration year: 1882
• Residence: Mar 31 1901 - St Antoine Ward Montreal, Montréal (City), Quebec, Canada
• Race: Irish
• Reference: 1901 Canada Census - SmartCopy: Feb 21 2017, 7:49:06 UTC
• Residence: June 1911 - St Antoine Montreal, Montréal St. Antoine, Quebec, Canada
• Race: Irish
• Reference: 1911 Canada Census - SmartCopy: Feb 21 2017, 9:54:38 UTC
• Residence: Sep 29 1939 - Hatch Court, Hatch Court, Taunton, Somerset, England
• Reference: 1939 Register of England & Wales - SmartCopy: Mar 13 2021, 7:57:34 UTC