Painter and teacher, born in Belfast. Gault joined the British Army aged 18 and served until 1946. He then studied at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1948–51, his teachers including William Coldstream, Kenneth Martin, Victor Pasmore and William Townsend. Gault went on to teach painting at the Greenwich Adult Education Institute for 20 years. In 1957 Gault was one of Jack Beddington’s Young Artists of Promise, in the book of that title. He showed at RA, LG, NEAC, RBA, RP, Fine Art Society and Austin/Desmond Fine Art. Won a silver medal at 1954 Paris Salon. Solo show at Sweet Waters Gallery, 1989; retrospective at Woodlands Art Gallery, 1995. Lived in London.