What might this occupation have involved please: Lady Canvasser

[elliot]

For the 1921 census there are two occupation codes whose official description includes "canvasser":

774 canvassers (not dock, insurance or railway)
795 insurance canvassers

I searched the 1921 census for occupation code 774. The word canvasser doesn’t appear in many of the descriptions on the census return. Words that do appear frequently are 'agent', 'traveller', 'collector', and 'hire purchase'.

ALAN
many thanks for pushing this topic much further with these further / alternative job titles.

[elliot]

I noticed there was a Swansea connection - couldn't resist casting around.

Welsh newspapers 
https://newspapers.library.wales/

Search for "John George Gauntlett" - including the "   " as part of search key. Returns 13 hits. Click on paragraph heading for original newspaper item.

HANES
Many thanks for introducing me to these useful Welsh research resources.

GAUNTLETT families:
I usually expect the South Wales GAUNTLETTs, to be COAL MINERS having migrated from the Somerset Coalfields.  But I see that these middle class families have roots from the New Forest, Hampshire.
Jonathan Gauntlett
Birth ABT. 1755 • Boldre, Hampshire, England
Death JUN 1803 • Boldre, Hampshire , England