James Gault


Brigadier Sir James Frederick Gault KCMG 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 and Marion Anderson, one of five children. He was the grandson of Matthew Hamilton Gault. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Gault was a member of the Scots Guards regiment and served in the Middle East. He was awarded an MBE in 1941.
James Gault married Elizabeth Pamela Audrey Luby, former wife of George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend.