The following obituary appeared in a local newspaper in August 1917;

'Yorkshire Baronet Dies In France.

Col. Sir Nevill Gunter. Family's connections with Wetherby District. Late last night, Mr Geo. Gunter, of Wetherby, received a telegram stating that his brother, Col. Sir Robert Benyon Nevill Gunter, Bart., of Wetherby Grange, had died suddenly in France. For the last four years Sir Nevill had been with his regiment, the old - West Yorkshires.

Although Sir Nevill Gunter was not so well known to the present generation of Yorkshire people as his father, the late Colonel Sir Robert Gunter, he had served his country long and faithfully. Born in August, 1871, he married in 1902, Clara Lydia, widow of Mr John Pritchard-Barrett, and has one son, Ronald Vernon, born in 1904, who succeeds to the baronetcy. By her former marriage, Lady Gunter had two sons, one of them has been killed in the present war.

Sir Nevill Gunter, like his father, adopted a military career. For five years he was aide-de-camp to Colonel Sir James Legard, in the old East Yorkshire Volunteer Infantry Brigade. He served in the South African War, being mentioned in despatches, and receiving the Queen's Medal, with two clasps. His work was chiefly in the Remount Department, and he was staff officer at Port Elizabeth.

A couple of years before the present war broke out, he was promoted to substantive rank and put in command of a battalion.

The late Sir Robert Gunter, who was first Baronet, represented Barkston Ash in Parliament for many years, and besides taking a great part in local public affairs, farmed extensively in the Wetherby district, his shorthorn cattle being famous. But the inclinations of Sir Nevill were not in the direction of farming, and the famous herd was left to his brother, Mr George Gunter. Nevertheless, the deceased baronet took great interest in the affairs of Wetherby. He was on the local Bench of magistrates, and only recently resigned his membership of the Wetherby Town Hall Commitee. He was president of the Wetherby Conservative Club, and being a fine cricketer, he provided a new ground for the Wetherby Club in his magnificent park.

Since Sir Nevill succeeded to the baronetcy a dozen years ago, he has enjoyed possession of Wetherby Grange and a large London estate, part of which he disposed of a few months ago.

The foundation of the Gunter fortunes was laid in a great London catering business which flourished many years ago. The forefathers of the deceased baronet invested in land in the West End of London, which, as it was developed, became exceedingly valuable. When the late Sir Robert acquired Earl's Court and Brompton estates he did a great deal for their development, and as the leases fell in the income from the property is said at one time to have run into well over a hundred thousand ponds sterling a year.

The Gunter property is - or was, for much of it was recently disposed of - situated in the neighbourhood Redcliffe Square and the Boltons, and such thoroughfares as Gunter Grove, Wetherby Gardens, and Tregunter Road, attest the connection of the Gunter family with this part of South Kensington, while in Gledhow Terrace, not far from this residential quarter, there is perpetuated the name of Lady Gunter, who was a daughter of the late Mr Thomas Benyon, of Gledhow Hall, Leeds. As already indicated, some of the Gunter property was disposed of recently, though the late baroness retained portions of it, as well as the family estates at Wetherby.

We understand that it is not yet known whether the body of Sir Nevill will be brought home for internment in the family vault at Collingham Church, where his father was buried.'