Nicholas Hunt

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Jeremy Hunt
(son)

officer. He was Commander-in-Chief Fleet
from 1985 to 1987.

Early life

Hunt was born on 7 November 1930[1] in Hawarden, Flintshire, the younger son[2] of Brigadier John Montgomerie Hunt of the 5th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, Indian Army[3] and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Baldwyn Yates CBE.[2] The Hunt family were landed gentry, of Boreatton, Baschurch, Shropshire. A cousin was Agnes Hunt, pioneer of orthopaedic nursing.[4]

Naval career

Hunt was educated at the

Assistant Private Secretary to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1959[6][7] to 1962.[1] Promoted to lieutenant commander on 17 August 1960,[8] he was posted to the Directorate of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1966.[9]

Hunt became

Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training in November 1981.[1]

Hunt was promoted to

Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland,[6] and to admiral on 25 June 1985,[16] on appointment as Commander-in-Chief Fleet[6] and Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel and Eastern Atlantic.[1] He retired from the Navy on 26 July 1987.[17]

Later life

Hunt was Deputy Managing Director at

Chairman of Ferrero UK Ltd in 2005.[1]

Hunt was known to be a strong supporter of the

Lord Lieutenant of Surrey on 23 January 1996.[21]

Hunt was appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom in 1994,[22] holding that post until 1997 when he became Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom[23] and Lieutenant of the Admiralty,[1] positions that he held until 2001.[24]

He died at his home on 25 October 2013 at the age of 82.[25]

Personal life

In 1966, he married Meriel Eve Givan, daughter of Major Henry C. Givan of the

Rangoon.[26] Together they had two sons (the elder of whom is the former Foreign Secretary and the present Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt)[27] and one daughter.[6] Lady Hunt died in 2022.[28]

Awards and decorations

On 20 July 1961, Hunt was made a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order.[29] Members of this class were renamed Lieutenants in 1984 and henceforth used the post-nominals LVO. Hunt was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1985 New Year Honours.[30] He was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1987 New Year Honours.[31]

Hunt was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o HUNT, Adm. Sir Nicholas (John Streynsham). A & C Black. November 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Forthcoming marriages". The Times. 23 September 1965. p. 14.
  3. ^ "Births". The Times. 12 November 1930. p. 1.
  4. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, 17th edition, ed. L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 1320, Hunt of Boreatton pedigree
  5. ^ "No. 39622". The London Gazette. 12 September 1952. p. 4299.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Debrett's People of Today 1994
  7. ^ "Official Appointments and Notices". The Times. 24 December 1958. p. 8.
  8. ^ "No. 42128". The London Gazette. 26 August 1960. p. 5866.
  9. ^ "Appointments in the Forces". The Times. 9 May 1966. p. 14.
  10. ^ Commanding Officers of Royal Navy Warships Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Appointments in the Forces". The Times. 17 May 1976. p. 16.
  12. ^ Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "No. 48245". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 July 1980. p. 9709.
  14. ^ a b "No. 48490". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1981. p. 459.
  15. ^ "No. 49559". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 December 1983. p. 16119.
  16. ^ "No. 50172". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1985. p. 8667.
  17. ^ "No. 51009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1987. p. 9567.
  18. ^ "Dockyard trust chairman to retire". BBC. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  19. ^ Nuclear deterrent is vital to global stability The Times, 21 January 2009
  20. ^ "The Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889)". Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  21. ^ "No. 54315". The London Gazette. 13 February 1996. p. 2193.
  22. ^ "No. 53552". The London Gazette. 20 January 1994. p. 847.
  23. ^ "No. 54946". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 November 1997. p. 12703.
  24. ^ "No. 56194". The London Gazette. 3 May 2001. p. 5329.
  25. ^ Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt GCB LVO DL
  26. ^ "Forthcoming marriages". The Times. 20 April 1933. p. 1.
  27. ^ "Profile: Jeremy Hunt". BBC News. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  28. ^ Hunt
  29. ^ "No. 42423". The London Gazette. 28 July 1961. p. 5569.
  30. ^ "No. 49969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1984. p. 2.
  31. ^ "No. 50764". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1986. p. 2.
Military offices
Preceded by
Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland

1983–1985 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief Fleet
1985–1987 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom
1994–1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
1997–2001 		Succeeded by
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