Charles John Bunting

Charles John Bunting was the first of the family whose name became synonymous with Seaton Carew Golf Club. He lived on the seafront in the village and worked as a solicitor in Hartlepool. He was a very keen golfer and became the Club’s Honorary Secretary from 1893 to 1901 and was made Club Captain in 1901. He was the winner of one of Club’s most prestigious competitions, the Gray Trophy, on seven occasions between 1891 to 1904. The unique role that the Bunting family played at Seaton Carew Golf Club for almost a century and a half was commemorated in 2020 with the re-naming of the Club’s main lounge, which is now known as the Bunting Lounge.