Born in
Hampton Wick in 1888, his parents were George Marsh and his wife Laura. His younger brothers were the author
Digby George Gerahty and the actor
Leslie Marsh Gerahty. From 31 August 1915, After the war, between 1924 and 1936, he sailed from the UK to
Tangier, Morocco, on eleven occasions, and also to Gibraltar in 1937. His address was given as 27 Cresswell Road,
Twickenham and later 12 St James Square, London. Esmond was attending Marlborough House School,
Reading, in 1933. In 1937 he gave a talk on the
BBC on "My Friends the Moors". He was author of
The Road to Madrid about the rise of
General Franco and the
Spanish Civil War. The
Daily Mail was staunchly pro-Franco and Gerahty was a key apologist for the Nationalists in their attempt to refute the
bombing of Guernica. He travelled extensively around Nationalist Spain and made a shortwave propaganda broadcast on behalf of the Nationalists. He also published documents, later shown to be forgeries, alleging that radical insurrections were being planned at the time that the army revolted. He died on 13 May 1938 at
University College Hospital. His wife Irene died 1971 in
Eastbourne. == Publications ==