Henry Gauntlett (priest)

Henry Gauntlett (1762–1833) was an English cleric of evangelical views, known for his work on Biblical prophecy.

Born at Market Lavington, Wiltshire, on 15 March 1762, and educated at the grammar school of West Lavington, under the care of the Rev. Mr. Marks. After leaving school he was unemployed for some years, till, prompted by Rev. Sir James Stonehouse, he decided to enter the Church of England, and after three years' preparation was ordained in 1786, and became curate of Tilshead and Imber, villages about four miles distant from Lavington. He remained in the area, adding to his income by taking pupils, till his marriage in 1800. 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 was a close friend of Rowland Hill, and a significant supporter of the evangelical revival in the English church, in company with his predecessors at Olney, John Newton and Thomas Scott. He published several sermons during his lifetime, and collections of hymns for his parishioners.

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